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The population of the district is mostly Sri Lankan Tamil. The population of the district, like the rest of the north and east of Sri Lanka, has been heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. [13] Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to the West during the ...
Formerly the town was renowned as a centre of pearl fishing, mentioned in the 2nd-century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. [2]Mannar is known for its baobab trees and for its fort, built by the Portuguese in 1560 and taken by the Dutch in 1658 and rebuilt; its ramparts and bastions are intact, though the interior is largely destroyed.
The Victoria Dam on 15 April 2011, three days after its 26th anniversary of opening Randenigala Dam in 2013 Upstream view of the Kotmale Dam Open spillways of the Rajanganaya Dam Irrigation dams with a length and height of more than 100 m (330 ft) and 10 m (33 ft) are listed, including all the state-run hydroelectric power stations.
The largest wind harness in Sri Lanka currently comes from Mannar island, from the 100 MW Wind Power Plant of Ceylon Electricity Board. This plant connects to the national grid by a 220 kV Inter-connector Grid Substation at Nadukuda. GSS has the provision to connect another 200 MW and the island has more capacity if required in the future.
The history of Sri Lanka covers Sri Lanka and the history of the Indian subcontinent and its surrounding regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. Prehistoric Sri Lanka goes back 125,000 years and possibly even as far back as 500,000 years. [1] The earliest humans found in Sri Lanka date to Prehistoric times about 35,000 years ...
The dam is considered to be Asia's first arch dam. [3] It has a height of 46.93 m (154.0 ft) and length of 259.38 m (851.0 ft). [ 2 ] Release from dam is to river Palar and taluks through which release flow are Udumbanchola , Devikulam , Kothamangalam , Muvattupuzha , Kunnathunadu , Aluva , Kodungalloor and Paravur .
The Gulf of Mannar (/ m ə ˈ n ɑːr / mə-NAR) (Tamil: மன்னார் வளைகுடா, romanized: Maṉṉār vaḷaikuṭā; Sinhala: මන්නාරම් බොක්ක, romanized: mannāram bokka) is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean with an average depth of 5.8 m (19 ft). [3]
Mattupetty Dam (Madupetty Dam), near Munnar in Idukki District, is a storage concrete gravity dam built in the mountains of Kerala, India to conserve water for hydroelectricity. It has been a vital source of power and huge revenue for Idukki District .