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ID: 7002534
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002534
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (inhabited place)  Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 54 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.9000  decimal degrees
Long: 079 54 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 79.9000  decimal degrees

Names:
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (preferred,C,V)
Kotte (C,V)
Sri-Jayawardenapura (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sri Lanka (nation)  ........  Sri Lanka (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Western (province)  ............  Western (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (inhabited place)  ................  Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was an ancient center
town (C)
national capital (C)  ............  as Kotte, of former Sinhalese kingdom, 14th-15th cen.; established as modern capital in 1983
administrative center (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Sri Lanka .......... (nation)
..................  (World, Asia) [1000110]

Sources and Contributors:
Kotte..........  [VP]
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 627
Sri-Jayawardenapura..........  [VP]
...................................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 612
Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte..........  [VP Preferred]
............................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 703
............................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 718
............................................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 341, 612
............................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
............................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 627
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 703
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 718
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 341, 612; 612
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 627

 

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