Northern Province

Summary

Northern Province is a province of Sri Lanka^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of province_of_sri_lanka entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Northern Province is located in Sri Lanka^[3].
• Northern Province is in the country of Sri Lanka^[4].
• Northern Province is on the body of water Palk Strait^[5].
• Northern Province is on the body of water Bay of Bengal^[6].
• Northern Province's head of government is recorded as C. V. Vigneswaran^[7].
• Northern Province's image is recorded as Sunset Over Lagoon2.jpg^[8].
• Northern Province's instance of is recorded as province of Sri Lanka^[9].
• Northern Province's head of state is recorded as Suren Raghavan^[10].
• Northern Province's capital is recorded as Jaffna^[11].
• Northern Province's flag image is recorded as Flag of the Northern Province.svg^[12].
• Northern Province's shares border with is recorded as North Western Province^[13].
• Northern Province's shares border with is recorded as North Central Province^[14].
• Northern Province's shares border with is recorded as Eastern Province^[15].
• Northern Province's flag is recorded as flag of Northern Province^[16].
• Northern Province's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 161027663^[17].
• Northern Province's locator map image is recorded as Northern in Sri Lanka.svg^[18].
• Northern Province's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2010207517^[19].
• Northern Province's postal code is recorded as 40000–45999^[20].
• Northern Province's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as LK-4^[21].
• Northern Province's Commons category is recorded as Northern Province, Sri Lanka^[22].
• Northern Province's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3237344^[23].
• +1833-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Northern Province^[24].
• Northern Province's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 9.75, 'lon': 80.033333}^[25].
• Northern Province's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/072_wj^[26].
• Northern Province's official website is recorded as http://www.np.gov.lk/^[27].

Body

Geography

Northern Province is in the country of Sri Lanka^[4]. It is located in Sri Lanka^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Palk Strait^[5], a strait^[28], in Sri Lanka^[29] and Bay of Bengal^[6], a body of water^[30], in India^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Northern Province's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8884'}^[32]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+1149240'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Northern Province's instance of is recorded as province of Sri Lanka^[9].

History and Context

+1833-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Northern Province^[24].

Why It Matters

Northern Province ranks in the top 10% of province_of_sri_lanka entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]