Trincomalee is a resort port city on the east coast of Sri Lanka and the administrative headquarters of both Trincomalee District and Eastern Province, with a population of 99,135. Built on a peninsula dividing an inner and outer harbour overlooking Trincomalee Harbour, it has been known historically as Gokanna and Gokarna and has served for nearly a thousand years as a center of Sri Lankan Tamil culture. Its landmarks include the Koneswaram temple, from which its Tamil name Thirukonamalai derives, along with the Bhadrakali Amman temple and Trincomalee Hindu College, founded in 1897.
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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Trincomalee (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 99,135 (2012)
2. Trincomalee (Wikipedia)
Infobox: elevation_m
8
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, 81.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, 81.25
8.75 81.25 As
4. GeoNames: Trincomalee - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1226260, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1226260, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
8.5778 81.2289 P PPLA LK 37 108420 10 Asia/Colombo
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