Question: What present day country was Laurens van Pyl the Governor of?

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Kastelli Hill: Kastelli Hill (also Kasteli; Greek: Λόφος Καστέλλι or Καστέλι) is a landform at the city of Chania on the island of Crete in the present day country of Greece.  The Minoan city of ancient Cydonia was centered on Kastelli Hill, which later was selected by the Romans as the site of an acropolis.

Inca-Caranqui: The Inca-Caranqui archaeological site is located in the village of Caranqui on the southern outskirts of the city of Ibarra, Ecuador.  The ruin is located in a fertile valley at an elevation of 2299 m .  The region around Caranqui, extending into the present day country of Colombia, was the northernmost outpost of the Inca Empire and the last to be added to the empire before the Spanish conquest of 1533.  The archaeological region is also called the Pais Caranqui (Caranqui country).

Ethiopian Regiment: Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment or Ethiopian Regiment was the name given to a British colonial military unit organized during the American Revolution by John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, and last Royal Governor of Virginia.  It has nothing to do with the present day country of Ethiopia.  Composed of slaves who had escaped from Patriot masters, it was led by British officers and sergeants. Black Loyalists also served in guerrilla units such as the elite Black Brigade, as well as together with British troops and white Loyalist militia recruited in the colonies.

Laurens van Pyl: Laurens van Pyl was a Dutch colonial administrator who held the post of Governor of Dutch Ceylon.  He was appointed on 3 December 1680 and was Governor until 19 June 1693.  He was succeeded by Thomas van Rhee.

Chania Plain: The Chania Plain is a relatively level landform spreading southward from the city of Chania on the island of Crete in the present day country of Greece.  The Chania Plain has been used as a logical study area for air pollution transport in the vicinity of Chania.  In ancient times the city of Kydonia, the site of present day Chania, controlled an expansive area which included the Chania Plain lying to its south at least to Malaxa Mountain.

Dutch Ceylon: Dutch Ceylon was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company.  It existed from 1640 until 1796.

Laurens van Rooyen: Laurens van Rooyen (Utrecht, March 27, 1935) is a Dutch pianist and composer.  He is known for his cooperation in the theater with Herman van Veen.  He composed many pieces for the piano and wrote the score for several Dutch films.  He wrote two books on his experiences as a musician.

Nozhat al-Majales: Noz'hat al-Majāles (Persian: نزهة المجالس‎ ‎ "Joy of the Gatherings/Assemblies") is an anthology which contains around 4,100 Persian quatrains by some 300 poets of the 5th to 7th centuries AH (11th to 13th centuries AD) of the present day country of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan.  The anthology was compiled around the middle of the 7th century AH (13th century) by the Persian poet Jamal al-Din Khalil Shirvani.  Jamal al-Din Khalil Shirvani (Persian: جمال خلیل شروانی‎ ‎ ) compiled his anthology in the name of 'Ala al-Din Shirvanshah Fariborz III (r. 1225-51), son of Goshtasp.  The book was dedicated to Fariboz III.

HMS Nonsuch (1668): HMS "Nonsuch" was a 36-gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy.  She was an experimental fast-sailing design, built by the renowned shipwright Anthony Deane according to proposals by the Dutch naval officer Laurens van Heemskirk, who became her first captain.  She was launched in December 1668, and commissioned the same day under van Heemskirk.  In 1669 she was reclassed as a 42-gun Fourth rate, being commanded from 9 April by Captain Sir John Holmes.  She was to spend most of her career in the Mediterranean.  She was for a time based on Tangier, and was commanded by a succession of accomplished commanders who subsequently rose to flag rank in the Navy, including George Rooke from 1677 to 1680, then briefly under Cloudesley Shovell, and then Francis Wheler from 1680 to 1681.  Under Wheler's command, she participated on 9 April 1681 in the capture of the Algerine 46-gun "Golden Horse", along with the Fourth rate "Adventure".

Ryklof van Goens de jonge: Ryklof van Goens de jonge was the Governor of Zeylan during the Dutch period in Ceylon.  He was appointed in 1675 and was Governor until 1680.  He was succeeded by Laurens van Pyl.

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Answer: Sri Lanka