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The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites, the other six are cultural. In addition, Sri Lanka has four sites on its tentative list. The country served as a member of the World Heritage Committee in the years 1983–1989. [3]
This is a list of places in Sri Lanka with an English name – i.e. names that were originally placenames in England later applied in Sri Lanka by English emigrants and explorers. Places where the corresponding place name in England is well known
The archaeological heritage of Sri Lanka can be divided into three ages; Prehistoric (Stone-age), Protohistoric (Iron Age), and historical period. The presence of man activities in Sri Lanka probably dates from 75,000 years ago (late Pleistocene period). Prehistoric sites which are presently identified in the country are distributed from the ...
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Sri Lanka's Cultural triangle is situated in the centre of the island and covers an area which includes the World Heritage cultural sites of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, the Ancient City of Sigiriya, the Ancient City of Dambulla and the Sacred City of Kandy. Due to the constructions and associated historical ...
Area code 031 Kandawala ( Sinhala : කඳවල , romanized: Kan̆davala , Tamil : கந்தவல , romanized: Kantavala ) (also known as Kandawala - Negombo and Kandawala - Katana ) is a suburb of the city of Negombo , Sri Lanka .
The name Dewalapola is a compound formed of Dewele (of two times) and Pola (place) which means a place that used twice (a day).Accordance with the historical scripts found in Sri Lanka, for example Mahawamsa and Rajavaliya, [6] Udugampola Rajadhaniya (the Kingdom of Udugampola) was being ruled by King Sakalakala Wallabha [7] when his elder half brother, Buwanakabahu, owned the throne under the ...
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