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ID: 7002533
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002533

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Colombo (inhabited place)  Colombo (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 55 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.9167  decimal degrees
Long: 079 52 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 79.8667  decimal degrees

Note: Largest city & administrative former capital of Sri Lanka; controlled historically by Moors, Portuguese, Dutch & British; British defense base during WW II; site of 1950 Commonwealth Conference.

Names:
Colombo (preferred,C,V)
Kalan-Totta (H,V)
Kalantott (H,V)
Kolambu (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Shrī Laṁkā (nation)  ........  Shrī Laṁkā (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Western (province)  ............  Western (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Colombo (inhabited place)  ................  Colombo (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  documented by Chinese & Romans by 3rd cen. BC; founded by Arabs 8th cen.; settled by Portuguese 1517 & Dutch 1656
city (C)
national capital (H)  ............  sole capital from ca. 1796 to 1983; joint capital with Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte since 1983
provincial capital (H)
port (C)  ............  principal port since 1875 when artificial harbor was built
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)
university center (C)
industrial center (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Shrī Laṁkā .......... (nation)
..................  (World, Asia) [1000110]
..................  former capital

Sources and Contributors:
Colombo..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 703
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 144
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 48
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 278
Kalantott..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 195
Kalan-Totta..........  [VP]
.......................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 144
Kolambu..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 195
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 703
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 144
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 195
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 48
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 278
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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