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Uva Province

Index Uva Province

Uva Province (ඌව පළාත Uva Palata, ஊவா மாகாணம் Uva Maakaanam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. [1]

36 relations: Ariya Rekawa, Badulla, Badulla District, Bandarawela, Beragala, British Empire, Central Province, Sri Lanka, Chamara Sampath Dassanayake, Constitution of Sri Lanka, County, District, Districts of Sri Lanka, Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Gal Oya National Park, Great Rebellion of 1817–18, Gross regional product, Haputale, Kandy, Keppetipola Disawe, List of Governors of Uva, Matale, Monaragala, Monaragala District, Namunukula, Provinces of Sri Lanka, Rhynchostylis retusa, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sinhalese language, Sinhalese people, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan rupee, Tamil language, Welimada, Yala National Park.

Ariya Rekawa

Ariya Bandara Rekawa is the current governor of Uva Province in Sri Lanka.

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Badulla

Badulla (බදුල්ල, பதுளை) is the main city of Uva Province situated in the lower central hills of Sri Lanka.

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Badulla District

Badulla (බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය badūlla distrikkaya; பதுளை மாவட்டம் Patuḷai māvaṭṭam) is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka.

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Bandarawela

Bandarawela (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරවෙල, pronounced; Tamil: பண்டாரவளை) is the second largest town in the Badulla District which is away from Badulla.

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Beragala

Beragala is a small town in Sri Lanka.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Central Province, Sri Lanka

The Central Province (මධ්‍යම පළාත Madhyama Palata, மத்திய மாகாணம் Madhiya Maakaanam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Chamara Sampath Dassanayake

Chamara Sampath Dasanayaka is a Sri Lankan politician and is the current Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka.

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Constitution of Sri Lanka

The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Śrī Laṃkā āndukrama vyavasthāva, Ilaṅkai araciyalamaippiṉ) has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978.

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County

A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes,Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations.

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District

A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by local government.

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Districts of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, districts (Distrikka, மாவட்டம்) are the second-level administrative divisions, and are included in a province.

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Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka

The districts of Sri Lanka are divided into administrative sub-units known as divisional secretariats.

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Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The Eastern Province (கிழக்கு மாகாணம் Kil̮akku Mākāṇam; නැගෙනහිර පළාත Næ̆gĕnahira Paḷāta) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Gal Oya National Park

Gal Oya National Park in Sri Lanka was established in 1954 and serves as the main catchment area for Senanayake Samudraya, the largest reservoir in Sri Lanka.

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Great Rebellion of 1817–18

The Great Rebellion of 1817–18, also known as the 1818 Uva–Wellassa uprising (after the two places it had started), or simply the Uva rebellion, was the third Kandyan War with the British, in what is now Sri Lanka.

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Gross regional product

Gross regional product (GRP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a region or subdivision of a country in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Haputale

Haputale (හපුතලේ in Sinhala Language) is a town of Badulla District in the Uva Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council.

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Kandy

Kandy (මහනුවර Mahanuwara, pronounced; கண்டி, pronounced) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province.

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Keppetipola Disawe

Rajapaksa Wickramasekera Mudiyanselage Bandaranayake Monarawila Keppetipola (Sinhala:රාජපක්ෂ වික්‍රමසේකර මුදියන්සේලාගේ බණ්ඩාරනායක මොනරවිල කැප්පැටිපොල), more widely known as Keppetipola Disawe was a Disawe, a high-ranking official under the rule of King Sri Wikrama Rajasinghe and later under the British Administration in Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon).

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List of Governors of Uva

The Governor of Uva, Sri Lanka (ඌව පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Ūva palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the Uva Provincial Council.

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Matale

Matale (Sinhala: මාතලේ, Tamil:மாத்தளை) often written as Mathale (pronounced Maathalé), is a large town in Matale District of the Central Province, of Sri Lanka.

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Monaragala

Monaragala is a town located in Monaragala District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka.

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Monaragala District

Monaragala is a district in Uva Province of Sri Lanka.

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Namunukula

Namunukula is the name of a mountain range in Sri Lanka's province of Uva.

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Provinces of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, provinces (translit; translit) are the first level administrative division.

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Rhynchostylis retusa

Rhynchostylis retusa (also called foxtail orchid) is an exotic blooming orchid, belonging to the Vanda alliance.

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Sabaragamuwa Province

The Sabaragamuwa Province, (සබරගමුව පළාත Sabaragamuwa Palata, சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் Sabaragamuwa Maakaanam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Sinhalese language

Sinhalese, known natively as Sinhala (සිංහල; siṁhala), is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 16 million.

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Sinhalese people

The Sinhalese (Sinhala: සිංහල ජාතිය Sinhala Jathiya, also known as Hela) are an Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka.

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Southern Province, Sri Lanka

The Southern Province (දකුණු පළාත Dakunu Palata, தென் மாகாணம் Thaen Maakaanam) of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Sri Lankan rupee

The rupee (රුපියල්, ரூபாய்) (signs: රු, ரூ, Rs; code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka, divided into 100 cents.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Welimada

Welimada (වැලිමඩ)is a town in the Badulla District of the Uva Province of Sri Lanka.

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Yala National Park

Yala (යාල) National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka, bordering the Indian Ocean.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uva_Province

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