Balangoda
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Balangoda
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| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Sabaragamuwa Province |
| District | Ratnapura District |
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| Time zone | +5.30 |
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Balangoda is a town in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an urban council located 143 kilometres (89 mi) away from Colombo and 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Ratnapura on Colombo - Batticaloa Highway(A4). It is one of the largest towns of the Sabaragamuwa Province. According to the 2001 census, Balangoda has a population of 16,875 and area of 16.2 km2 (4,000 acres). According to 2012 census data Balangoda DS Division's religious composition is as follows Buddhists 63,203-77.49%, Hindus 9,528-11.68%, Islam 6,211-7.61%, Roman Catholics 1,834-2.25%, Other Christians 782-0.96%, Others 5-0.01%.
Balangoda is notable due to the discovery of skeletal Hominini remains from the late Quaternary period (the earliest reliably dated record of anatomically modern humans in South Asia).[1][2] The town is also the birthplace of Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero[3] and Sirimavo Bandaranaike (the world's first female head of government) the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960–65, 1970–77 and 1994–2000).[4][5]
Balangoda is situated in the hilly central region of central Sri Lanka on Sabaragamuwa Mountain Range. The main livelihoods of this region are farming (vegetables, fruits, and spices), rice cultivation for mainly local consumption, tea cultivation for international markets as a commercial crop and gem mining.
Education
Universities
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Schools
The main schools in the area are:
- R/Balangoda Ananda Maithreya Central College(National School) - The Best School in Balangoda Area.Founded by Balangoda Ananda Maithreya Thero.
- Jeilani Central College(National School)
- Balangoda Kanaganayagam Tamil Central College
- Vidyaloka Maha Vidyalaya
- R/B/C.C.Tamil Maha Vidyalyam
- Meddakanda Maha Vidyalaya
- Meddekanda Tamil Vidyalaya
- R/Bulathgama Vidyalaya
- R/Rassagala Maha Vidyalaya
- R/Rathamalavinna M.V.
- Sri Buddha Jayanthi Central College
- Sri Shariputhra Maha Vidyalaya
- St Agnes Balika Maha Vidyalaya (St. Agnes Convent)
- Udagama Maha Vidyalaya
- Walagamba Maha Vidyalaya-Weligepola
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Deraniyagala, Siran U. (1996). "Pre- and Protohistoric settlement in Sri Lanka". Congress of the International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. 5 (16): 277–285.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kennedy, Kenneth A. R. (2000). God-Apes and Fossil Men: Paleoanthropology of South Asia. University of Michigan Press. pp. 180–181.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fernando, Thilak (24 September 1994). "Face to face with late Ven. Aggamaha Panditha Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero". The Island - Saturday Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sirimavo R.D. Bandaranaike (prime minister of Sri Lanka)". BRITANNICA-Online.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sirimavo Bandaranaike: First woman premier". BBC News. 10 October 2000.
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