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Eastern Province, Sri Lankai
Regional Level Types
Eastern ProvinceProvince
Sri LankaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Trincomalee108,420 (2012)
Kalmunai100,171 (2014)
Batticaloa86,742 (2012)
Eravur Town22,982 (2012)
Vakarai21,000 (2017)
Ampara18,348 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
214414
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:214414:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Province de l'Est, Sri Lanka
German:
Ostprovinz, Sri Lanka
Italian:
provincia Orientale, Sri Lanka
Russian:
Восточная провинция, Шри-Ланка
Simplified Chinese:
東部省, 斯里蘭卡
Sinhalese:
නැගෙනහිර පළාත, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
Spanish:
Provincia del Este, Sri Lanka
Tamil:
கிழக்கு மாகாணம், இலங்கை
Arabic:
المقاطعة الشرقية , سريلانكا
Bengali:
পূর্বাঞ্চল প্রদেশ, শ্রীলঙ্কা
Bulgarian:
Източна провинция, Шри Ланка
Cebuano:
Eastern Province , Sri Lanka
Dutch:
Oostelijke Provincie, Sri Lanka
Esperanto:
Orienta Provinco, Srilanko
Farsi/Persian:
استان شرقی , سری‌لانکا
Finnish:
Sri Lankan itäinen provinssi, Sri Lanka
Georgian:
აღმოსავლეთი პროვინცია, შრი-ლანკა
Greek:
Ανατολική επαρχία, Σρι Λάνκα
Hindi:
पूर्वी प्रान्त, श्रीलंका
Indonesian:
Provinsi Timur, Sri Lanka
Japanese:
東部州, スリランカ
Korean:
동부주, 스리랑카
Marathi:
पूर्व प्रांत, श्रीलंका
Northern Frisian:
Uast Prowins , Sri Lanka
Polish:
Prowincja Wschodnia, Sri Lanka
Portuguese:
Este, Sri Lanka
Swedish:
Östprovinsen, Sri Lanka
Traditional Chinese:
東部省, 斯里蘭卡
Ukrainian:
Східна провінція, Шрі-Ланка
Urdu:
مشرقی صوبہ، سری لنکا, سری لنکا
Vietnamese:
Đông Bộ , Sri Lanka
Wu Chinese:
东部省 , 斯里兰卡


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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
FeIron
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed11.6 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Mala beds111.608 - 5.333 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Bolbometopon
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Labriformes : Scaridae : Bolbometopon11.608 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka
Wikidata ID:Q1046126
GeoNames ID:8133521

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