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Hambantota District is located on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. It has an area of 2,593 km 2 (1,001 sq mi) and a very dry climate. The district capital is Hambantota town; the administrative headquarters are there as well as the center of salt production.
UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) Kolonnawa Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Colombo District , of Western Province , Sri Lanka . and it has following Grama Niladhari divisions
History of Sri Lanka: From Earliest Times Up to the Sixteenth Century. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 955-551-257-4. Yogasundaram, Nath (2006). A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami. Vijitha Yapa Publishers. ISBN 978-955-665-002-0. Peebles, Patrick (2006). The History of Sri Lanka. Greenwood Publishing Group.
Weeraketiya is a small town in Hambantota District, Southern Province in southern Sri Lanka, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) by road north of Tangalle. It is known for being the birthplace of Mahinda Rajapaksa. [1] The town belongs to Weeraketiya Divisional Secretariat.
The Hambantota Wind Farm is the first wind farm in Sri Lanka (there are two more commercial wind farms). [21] It's a pilot project to test wind power generation in the island nation. [ 22 ] Wind energy development faces immense obstacles such as poor roads and an unstable power grid .
The short lived North Eastern Province. The number of provinces remained static until September 1988 when, in accordance with the Indo-Lanka Accord, President J. R. Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Northern and Eastern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the North Eastern Province. [12]
This was the first time the An-225 had landed in Sri Lanka. [43] During the COVID-19 pandemic, The airport has been handling ship crew changes and repatriation flights, In June and July 2020, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport handled more than 50 flights involving 2,188 passengers. [44]
Kalmunai is situated on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east. Kalmunai MC covers an area of 2,740.08 ha (6,770.9 acres) (Data Source _ Survey Department). [ 5 ] To the north of Kalmunai lies the village of Periyaneelavanai, which serves as the border between Ampara and Batticaloa Districts.