Ceylon

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Ceylon
AI-created image

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area 65610 km²
gptkbp:becameBritishColony 1815
gptkbp:becameDominion 1948
gptkbp:becameRepublic 1972
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Portugal
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Ceylonese_rupee
gptkbp:demonym Ceylonese
gptkbp:existedDuring 1505
gptkbp:existedUntil 1972
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:governmentType parliamentary democracy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ceylon
gptkbp:independenceDate 1948
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code CE
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Ceylon_sapphires
gptkb:Ceylon_tea
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:island_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkb:George_VI
gptkbp:notableEvent Ceylon became Sri Lanka in 1972
gptkbp:notableExport gptkb:café
rubber
spices
coconut
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Sinhala
English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Ceylon
gptkbp:population about 12 million (1971)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dutch_Ceylon
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Kandy
gptkb:Portuguese_Ceylon
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:D._S._Senanayake
gptkb:John_Kotelawala
gptkb:S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike
gptkb:Sirimavo_Bandaranaike
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:timezone UTC+5:30
gptkbp:UNMemberSince 1955
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edward_Lear
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:café
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4