Trincomalee

city in Sri Lanka
City city Q323873
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Trincomalee

Summary

Trincomalee is a city[1]. Trincomalee ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Trincomalee is located in Trincomalee District[3].
  • Trincomalee is in the country of Sri Lanka[4].
  • Trincomalee's instance of is recorded as city[5].
  • Trincomalee's instance of is recorded as human settlement[6].
  • Trincomalee's Commons category is recorded as Trincomalee[7].
  • Trincomalee's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 8.5666666666667, 'lon': 81.233333333333}[8].
  • Trincomalee's official website is recorded as http://www.sathi-us.net/sindu/designs/trincomalee/[9].
  • Trincomalee's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Trincomalee[10].
  • Trincomalee's Commons gallery is recorded as Trincomalee[11].
  • Trincomalee has a population of {'amount': '+115443'}[12].
  • Trincomalee has a population of {'amount': '+99135'}[13].
  • Trincomalee's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Trincomalee's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Trincomalee's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[16].
  • Trincomalee's capital of is recorded as Eastern Province[17].
  • Trincomalee's capital of is recorded as North Eastern Province[18].
  • Trincomalee's capital of is recorded as Trincomalee District[19].
  • Trincomalee's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Trincomalee[20].
  • Trincomalee sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8'}[21].
  • Trincomalee covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.5'}[22].
  • Trincomalee's category for maps or plans is recorded as Category:Maps of Trincomalee[23].

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Geography

Trincomalee is in the country of Sri Lanka[4]. Trincomalee is located in Trincomalee District[3].

Physical Characteristics

Trincomalee covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.5'}[22]. Trincomalee sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8'}[21]. Population counts include {'amount': '+115443'}[12] and {'amount': '+99135'}[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[5] and human settlement[6].

Why It Matters

Trincomalee ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164 views/month).[2] Trincomalee has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Trincomalee is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved . discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Gnd id → 4474968-5
    Sitelink count → 57
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  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 8.5666666666667, 'lon': 81.233333333333}
    Commons gallery → Trincomalee
    Geonames id → 1226260
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
    + 81 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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