Diamond Harbour

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Diamond Harbour is a town in eastern India situated along the Hooghly River, known as a gateway to the Bay of Bengal and a popular regional tourist and trading hub.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Diamond Harbour canonical 3
Garden Reach 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
climate tropical wet-and-dry climate
country India
distanceFromKolkata about 50 kilometres south
hasAdministrativeRole local urban centre
hasEducationalInstitution colleges
hasNearbyLandmark Hooghly River
surface form: Hooghly River estuary

lighthouse (regional navigation aid)
hasPortFunction river port
hasTransportConnection railway
river transport
road
knownFor proximity to Bay of Bengal
regional tourism
riverfront views
riverine trade
languageUsed Bengali
English
locatedIn West Bengal
eastern India
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory South 24 Parganas district
locatedNear Bay of Bengal
locatedOnRiver Hooghly River
partOf Kolkata Metropolitan Area
surface form: Kolkata metropolitan region
primaryEconomicActivity fishing
tourism
trade
region Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
surface form: Ganges Delta region
riverBank eastern bank of Hooghly River
role tourist hub
trading hub
timeZone Indian Standard Time
tourismAttractionType boat rides on Hooghly River
riverfront promenade
tourismType regional tourism
utcOffset +05:30

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Bengal containsTown Diamond Harbour
Wajid Ali Shah exiledTo Diamond Harbour
this entity surface form: Garden Reach
West Bengal coast hasTown Diamond Harbour
South 24 Parganas district contains Diamond Harbour