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ID: 8698212
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698212
Record Type:
administrative
Kandy (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 07 17 42 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 7.2955
decimal degrees
Long: 080 38 06 E
degrees minutes
Long: 80.6356
decimal degrees
Note:
Sinhalese monarchy that survived Portuguese and Dutch attacks, and the last to be subjugated by colonial powers. In 1818 Kandy was overcome by the British.
Names:
Kandy
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sri Lanka
(nation) (
P
)
............
Central
(province) (
P
)
................
Kandy
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
............
late 15th-early 19th centuries
kingdom (
H
)
Related geographic places:
coextensive with ....
Kandy
.......... (inhabited place)
..............................
(World, Asia, Sri Lanka, Central) [7002518]
Sources and Contributors:
Kandy..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 26 October 2016
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 26 October 2016
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 26 October 2016
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 26 October 2016
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