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Yala (යාල) National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka, bordering the Indian Ocean. The park consists of five blocks, three of which are now open to the public. There are also two adjoining parks, Kumana National Park or 'Yala East' and Lunugamvehera National Park. The blocks have individual names, such ...
Uva's provincial history records an 1818 uprising (also known as the Third Kandyan War) against the British colonial government which had been controlling the formally independent Udarata (Sinhalese: Up-Country), of which Uva was a province.
Kumana is contiguous with Yala National Park. [3] Kumana was formerly known as Yala East National Park, but changed to its present name on 5 September 2006. [4] The park was closed from 1985 to March 2003 because of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam) attacks. It was also affected by the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. [5]
Although MRIA is located close to many tourist attractions such as Yala National Park, it lacks adequate transport links, accommodations, facilities, etc. [12] In 2004, a report produced by the International Air Transport Association claimed that money would be better invested in a second runway at the BIA than a new airport. Aviation experts ...
Yala (Thai: ยะลา, pronounced [já(ʔ).lāː] Malay: Jala [5]) is the southernmost Province (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from northwest clockwise) Songkhla, Pattani, and Narathiwat. Yala is one of two landlocked provinces in southern Thailand, the other being Phatthalung. [6] Its southern part borders Kedah and ...
Yala, Ivory Coast, a village; Yala, Kenya, a town in Siaya County, Kenya; Lalitpur, Nepal, also known as Yala; Yala, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Cross River State; Yala National Park, Sri Lanka; Yala Province, Thailand Yala, Thailand, its administrative capital; Amphoe Mueang Yala, capital district of the province of Yala
Female in Yala National Park. The Sri Lankan leopard has a tawny or rusty yellow coat with dark spots and close-set rosettes. Seven females measured in the early 20th century averaged a weight of 64 lb (29 kg) and had a mean head-to-body-length of 1.04 m (3 ft 5 in) with a 77.5 cm (2 ft 6.5 in) long tail, the largest being 1.14 m (3 ft 9 in) with a 84 cm (2 ft 9 in) long tail; 11 males ...
The catchment area is vital to maintain the water levels of the five tanks in the down stream of Kirindi Oya and wetland characteristics of Bundala National Park. [1] This national park also serves as a corridor for elephants to migrate between Yala National Park and Udawalawe National Park. [2] The national park is situated 261 km (162 mi ...