Negombo

city in Sri Lanka
City city Q668616
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Negombo

Summary

Negombo is a city[1]. Negombo draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #623 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Negombo is located in Gampaha District[3].
  • Negombo is in the country of Sri Lanka[4].
  • Negombo's image is recorded as SL Negombo asv2020-01 img02 Dutch canal.jpg[5].
  • Negombo's image is recorded as Negombo, street (004) (cropped).JPG[6].
  • Negombo's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Negombo's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Negombo's instance of is recorded as human settlement[9].
  • Negombo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149265302[10].
  • Negombo's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2003002852[11].
  • Negombo's postal code is recorded as 11500[12].
  • Negombo's part of is recorded as Western Province[13].
  • Negombo's Commons category is recorded as Negombo[14].
  • Negombo's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[15].
  • Negombo's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-நீர்கொழும்பு.wav[16].
  • Negombo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.2111111111111, 'lon': 79.838611111111}[17].
  • Negombo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bzw2c[18].
  • Negombo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Negombo[19].
  • Negombo's page banner is recorded as Harbor Scene - Negombo - Sri Lanka - 03 (14236778425) (cropped).jpg[20].
  • Negombo's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Asia/Sri_Lanka/Western/Negombo/[21].
  • Negombo's population is recorded as {'amount': '+150364'}[22].
  • Negombo's population is recorded as {'amount': '+142136'}[23].
  • Negombo's WOEID is recorded as 2189775[24].
  • Negombo's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'si', 'text': 'මීගමුව'}[25].
  • Negombo's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ta', 'text': 'நீர்கொழும்ப'}[26].
  • Negombo's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Negombo[27].

Body

Geography

Negombo is in the country of Sri Lanka[4]. Negombo is located in Gampaha District[3]. Negombo's part of is recorded as Western Province[13].

Physical Characteristics

Negombo's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+150364'}[22] and {'amount': '+142136'}[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[7], big city[8], and human settlement[9].

Why It Matters

Negombo draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #623 of 5,534).[2] Negombo has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Negombo is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved . discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . statistics.gov.lk. statistics.gov.lk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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