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Unawatuna is a coastal town in Galle district of Sri Lanka.Unawatuna is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka and known for its beach and corals. It is a suburb of Galle, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast to the city center and approximately 108 kilometres (67 mi) south of Colombo.
Nooit Gedacht, which means "never thought of", was built in 1735 as a country house for the Dutch Commandeur of Point de Galle, Casparus de Jong (Lord of Spanbroek). [1] [2] When he retired from his official position de Jong became a merchant, supplying spices to the Dutch East India Company but following the arrival of the British in 1796 the residence was purchased by Mudaliar Amerasinghe of ...
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Galle was known as Gimhathitha in ancient times. The term is believed to be derived from the classical Sinhalese term meaning "port near the River Gin". It is believed that the town got its name as Gaalla in the native tongue as a result of the large number of bullock carts that took shelter in the area, following the long slow journeys from remote areas of the island.
Kataragama (Sinhala: කතරගම, romanized: Kataragama, Tamil: கதிர்காமம், romanized: Katirkāmam) is a pilgrimage town sacred to Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka.
Plant diversity and endemism in Sri Lanka are quite high. Of 3,210 flowering plants belonging to 1,052 genera, 916 species and 18 genera are endemic. [3] All but one of Sri Lanka's more than 55 dipterocarp (Sinhalese "Hora") are found nowhere else in the world.
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