Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Sacred City of Kandy' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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| City in Central Province, Sri Lanka | WIKI |
| Kandy (Sinhala: xe0xb6xb8xe0xb7x84xe0xb6xb1xe0xb7x94xe0xb7x80xe0xb6xbb Mahanuwara, pronounced [mahanuxcax8bxc9x99rxc9x99]; Tamil: xe0xaex95xe0xaexa3xe0xafx8dxe0xaex9fxe0xaexbf Kandy, pronouncedxc2xa0(helpxc2xb7info) [xcbx88kaxc9xb3xc9x96i]) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. | WIKI |
| [1] The city lies in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau, which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. | WIKI |
| Kandy is both an administrative and religious city and is also the capital of the Central Province. | WIKI |
| The city and the region has been known by many different names and versions of those names. | WIKI |
| One being the city was named after a brahmin with the name Senkanda who lived in a cave nearby, and another being a queen of Vikramabahu III was named Senkanda, and after a coloured stone named Senkadagala. | WIKI |
| In Sinhala, Kandy is called Maha nuwara, meaning "Great City" or "The Capital", although this is most often shortened to Nuwara. | WIKI |
| Historical records suggest that Kandy was first established by the Vikramabahu III (1357xe2x80x931374 AD), who was the monarch of the Kingdom of Gampola, north of the present city, and named Senkadagalapura at the time. | WIKI |
| In the Second Kandyan War, the British launched an invasion that met no resistance and reached the city on 10 February 1815. | WIKI |
| Prior to that the city and the country had been under British rule for 32 years, in which the British had expropriated the common land of the peasantry and reduced them to extreme poverty. | WIKI |
| Its geographic location has made it a major transportation hub in the island: while Kandy being the gateway to the Central Highlands[4] of Sri Lanka, the city can be reached by major motorways in every direction of the island. | WIKI |
| The city is located in between multiple mountain ranges including the Knuckles mountain range and the Hanthana Mountain Range, giving the city an elevation of 500 metres (1,600xc2xa0ft) above sea level. | WIKI |
| [8] With Kandy located in the centre of the island and in a high elevation, the city has a relatively wetter and cooler temperatures than that of the tropical climate of the rest of the country, especially the coastal regions. | WIKI |
| The city does experience a drier period from January to April. | WIKI |
| A public garden adds to the openness of the city's spatial organization. | WIKI |
| Kandy is a charter city, with a Mayor Council form of government. | WIKI |
| Kandy is a Sinhalese majority city; there are sizable communities belonging to other ethnic groups, such as Moors and Tamils. | WIKI |
| The city remains an important religious centre of the Sinhalese and a place of pilgrimage for Buddhists, namely those belonging to the Theravada school. | WIKI |
| The Catholic Church has a diocese headquartered in the city. | WIKI |
| It is the second-largest city on the island and the capital of Central Province. | WIKI |
| Many agriculture research centers are located throughout the city. | WIKI |
| On the north shore of the lake, which is enclosed by a parapet of white stone dating to the beginning of the 19th century, are the city's official religious monuments, including the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Tooth, known as the Sri Dalada Maligawa (daxe1xb8xb7adxc4x81 mxc4x81ligxc4x81va). | WIKI |
| Throughout this small holy city, a number of recent Buddhist monasteries can be found. | WIKI |
| The Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya is situated about 5xc2xa0km to the west of the city centre at Peradeniya and is visited by 2 million people per year. | WIKI |
| The Udawatta Kele (Udawatta Forest) is a protected sanctuary situated in the heart of the city, just north of Temple of the Tooth. | WIKI |
| The Royal Palace Park, known as Wace Park is a small park that overlooks Kandy Lake and most of the city. | WIKI |
| The county's second oldest university, University of Peradeniya is situated in Peradeniya, while The Open University of Sri Lanka, The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology has a centre in the city. | WIKI |
| Esala Perahera is the prominent cultural event of the city | WIKI |
| Kandyans do many things for leisure and entertainment in the city. | WIKI |
| Kandy is popular due to the annual procession known as the Esala Perahera,[citation needed] in which one of the inner caskets used for covering the tooth relic of Buddha is taken in a grand procession through the streets of the city. | WIKI |
| Kandy City Centre is commercial and shopping complex open in 2005[28] at Dalada Veediya. | WIKI |
| The city centre is host to several leading banks, a fully equipped supermarket, modern restaurants, an entertainment zone, a well designed state of the art food court, Sri Lanka's leading book shops, flora and an ayurveda site. | WIKI |
| Cricket is widely played in Kandy with the city having three first-class teams in the Premier Trophy, Saracens, Kandy Cricket Club and Kandy Youth Cricket Club, as well as being the main city for the Sri Lankan Premier League side Kandurata Kites. | WIKI |
| Country City Province Year xc2xa0Thailand Ayudhya Ayutthaya 2013[31] xc2xa0China Chengdu Sichuan 2015[32] | WIKI |