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Kurunegala (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල, Tamil: குருணாகல்) is a major city in Sri Lanka.It is the capital city of the North Western Province and the Kurunegala District.
Kurunegala electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kurunegala in the North Western province .
The construction of the church (estimated at a cost of Rs 500,000) was largely funded by Most Rev. Lakdasa De Mel, the first Bishop of Kurunegala, along with other members of the De Mel family. [3] The construction of the church commenced on 21 December 1950 (the feast of St. Thomas ), upon a 1.4 hectares (3.5 acres) site, [ 4 ] at the base of ...
Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. The district is 4,812.7 km 2 (1,858.2 sq mi). It consists of thirty divisional secretariats, 1,610 grama niladari divisions and 4,476 villages.
The Kurunegala Municipal Council is divided into 13 wards and is represented by 21 councilors, elected using an open list proportional representation system. Wards that belong to the Kurunegala Municipal Council are listed below.
Sir John Kothalawala College (Sir John Kothalawala Maha Vidyalaya) is a public college in the city of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. [1] It was established on 16 January 1974 and was formerly known as Bandaranayake Vidyalaya.
Kurunegala 75.8 Service IC Katugastota–Kurunagala–Puttalam Road (A 010 Road) Rideegama 92.6 Service IC Thalgodapitiya–Yatawatta–Dombawela Road (B409) Melsiripura 101.9 Service IC Ambepussa–Kurunagala–Trincomalee Road (A006 Road) Galewela 115.4 Service IC Ambepussa–Kurunagala–Trincomalee Road (A006 Road) Dambulla (A- 9) 129.5
The Diocese of Kurunegala is a diocese of the Church of Ceylon (which is part of the Anglican Communion). The See was erected in 1950 from that of the Diocese of Colombo as one of two dioceses of the Church of England in Ceylon. The diocese covers the districts of Kurunegala, Kandy, Matale, Kegalle, Anuradhapura, and Polonnaruwa. [1]