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Postal codes in Sri Lanka are five digit numbers used by Sri Lanka Postal Service, that identifies each postal jurisdiction to sort mail more efficiently. They were ...
Being a center for trade in the Indian Ocean since antiquity, however, the history of collection of customs duties in Sri Lanka dates far back as the second century BC. [citation needed] "According to the inscription of King Gajaba I (112-134 A.D.) the customs duty collected from the Godapavata Harbour had been donated to the Godapavata monastery.
The first permanent post office in the country was established by the British in Colombo in 1882, when the country was a crown colony. [1] It was housed in several different locations until the construction of the General Post Office building at 17 Kings Street (now known as Janadhipathi Mawatha), Colombo Fort, opposite the-then Governor's residence at King's House (now the President's House ...
The name of the suburb Hulftsdorp is a commemoration of General Gerard Pieterszoon Hulft, [3] the Dutch East India Company's Director of India and commander in chief of the company's forces in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and on the Coast of India. Its name in Dutch translates to "Hulft's Town".
UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Kalubowila is a suburb in Colombo , Sri Lanka . It is inside the administration boundary of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council.
UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Postal Code: 01500 [1] Modara ... is a municipal ward of Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka. The mouth of the river ...
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 .
Gintota is a suburb town situated in Galle District, in the southern part of Sri Lanka.. It is located 124 kilometres (77 mi) south of Colombo and 6.5 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Galle and is situated on the left bank of the Gin Ganga, at the river's mouth.