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Western Province, Sri Lanka

Index Western Province, Sri Lanka

The Western Province (බස්නාහිර පළාත Basnahira Palata; மேல் மாகாணம் Mael Maakaanam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. [1]

80 relations: Administrative division, Agriculture, British Ceylon, Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, Capital city, Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, Christianity in Sri Lanka, Colebrooke–Cameron Commission, Colombo, Colombo District, Colombo International Financial City, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Districts of Sri Lanka, Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka, Dutch Ceylon, Gampaha, Gampaha District, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Government Agent (Sri Lanka), Government of Sri Lanka, Grama Niladhari, Gross domestic product, Hemakumara Nanayakkara, Hinduism in Sri Lanka, Hotel, Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka, Industry, Islam in Sri Lanka, Isura Devapriya, Kalutara, Kalutara District, Kegalle District, Kingdom of Kotte, Kurunegala District, Laccadive Sea, List of Chief Ministers of Western Province, List of Governors of Western Province, Moratuwa, National school (Sri Lanka), Negombo, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, Office, Open University of Sri Lanka, Oxford University Press, Port of Colombo, Portuguese Ceylon, Postal codes in Sri Lanka, Private school (Sri Lanka), Provinces of Sri Lanka, ..., Provincial government in Sri Lanka, Puttalam District, Rajagiriya, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Religion in Sri Lanka, Residential care, Resort, Sabaragamuwa Province, Shopping mall, Sinhalese language, Sinhalese people, South Asia, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lankan Moors, Sri Lankan Tamils, Surbana Jurong, Tamil language, Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka, Tertiary sector of the economy, Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, University of Colombo, University of Kelaniya, University of Moratuwa, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Western Province, Sri Lanka, Western Region Megapolis, Zoning. Expand index (30 more) »

Administrative division

An administrative division, unit, entity, area or region, also referred to as a subnational entity, statoid, constituent unit, or country subdivision, is a portion of a country or other region delineated for the purpose of administration.

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Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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British Ceylon

Ceylon (Sinhala: බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ලංකාව, Brithānya Laṃkāva; Tamil: பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Birithaniya Ilangai) was a British Crown colony between 1815 and 1948.

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Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Theravada Buddhism is the religion of 70.2% of the population of Sri Lanka.

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Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka

The Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka is a Buddhist university in Pitipana North, Homagama, Sri Lanka.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Catholic Church in Sri Lanka

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka (Sinhala: Sri Lankavay Katholika Sabhava) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.

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Christianity in Sri Lanka

Christianity is a minority religion in Sri Lanka.

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Colebrooke–Cameron Commission

The Colebrooke–Cameron Commission was appointed in 1822 as a Royal Commission of Eastern Inquiry by the British Colonial Office.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Colombo District

Colombo District (කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya; கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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Colombo International Financial City

Colombo International Financial City (CIFC) (translit; translit) is a special financial zone that is expected to become an International Financial Centre.

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Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස Dehiwala-Galkissa, தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை), population 245,974 (2012) is the second largest Municipality in Sri Lanka, and covers an extent of 2109 hectares.

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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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Dutch Ceylon

Dutch Ceylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව Landesi Lankava) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company.

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Gampaha

Gampaha (Sinhala: ගම්පහ; Tamil: கம்பஹா) is a major city in Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka.

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Gampaha District

Gampaha District (ගම්පහ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය gampaha distrikkaya, கம்பஹா மாவட்டம் Kampahā Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) located at Kandawala, Ratmalana, Colombo, is a joint services academy where cadets of the three wings Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force are trained before they go for their pre-commission training to their academies.

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Government Agent (Sri Lanka)

A Government Agent (GA) or a District Secretary is a Sri Lankan civil servant of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service appointed by the central government to govern a certain district of the country.

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Government of Sri Lanka

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය Śrī Laṃkā Rajaya) is a semi-presidential system determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution.

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Grama Niladhari

A Grama Niladhari ("village officer") is a Sri Lankan public official appointed by the central government to carry out administrative duties in a grama niladhari division, which is a sub-unit of a divisional secretariat.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Hemakumara Nanayakkara

Hemakumara Wickramathilaka Nanayakkara is a Sri Lankan politician and the 7th and current Governor of the Western Province of Sri Lanka, in office since 12 April 2018.

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Hinduism in Sri Lanka

Hinduism has a long tradition in Sri Lanka.

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Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

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Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka

Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka are Tamil people of Indian origin in Sri Lanka.

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Industry

Industry is the production of goods or related services within an economy.

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Islam in Sri Lanka

Islam is a minority religion in Sri Lanka.

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Isura Devapriya

Isura Devapriya is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current Chief Minister of the Western Province.

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Kalutara

Kalutara (කළුතර, களுத்துறை) or Kalutota is a major city in Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka.

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Kalutara District

Kalutara District (කඵතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; களுத்துறை மாவட்டம் Kaḷuttuṟai Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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Kegalle District

Kegalle is a district in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.

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Kingdom of Kotte

The Kingdom of Kotte (Sinhala: කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය Kottay Rajadhaniya), centered on Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, was a kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th century.

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Kurunegala District

Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

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Laccadive Sea

The Laccadive Sea or Lakshadweep Sea is a body of water bordering India (including its Lakshadweep islands), the Maldives, and Sri Lanka.

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List of Chief Ministers of Western Province

The Chief Minister of Western Province, Sri Lanka is the head of the provincial board of ministers, a body which aids and advices the governor, the head of the provincial government, in the exercise of his executive power.

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List of Governors of Western Province

The Governor of the Western Province of Sri Lanka (බස්නාහිර පළාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවරයා Basnāhira palāth āndukāravarayā) is responsible for the management of the Western Provincial Council.

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Moratuwa

Moratuwa is a large suburb of Colombo city, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.

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National school (Sri Lanka)

A National school (ජාතික පාසල, Jathika Pasala, தேசியப் பாடசாலை) in Sri Lanka is a school that is funded and administered by the Ministry of Education of the central government as opposed to Provincial schools run by the local provincial council.

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Negombo

Negombo is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the west coast and at the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon, in Western Province.

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North Western Province, Sri Lanka

North Western Province (වයඹ පළාත Wayamba Palata, வட மேல் மாகாணம் Vada Mael Maakaanam) is a province of Sri Lanka.

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Office

An office is generally a room or other area where administrative work is done by an organization's users in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization.

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Open University of Sri Lanka

"The Open University of Sri Lanka" (OUSL) (ශ්‍රී ලංකා විවෘත විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය, இலங்கை திறந்த பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a national university in Sri Lanka.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Port of Colombo

The Port of Colombo (known as Port of Kolomtota during the early 14th Century Kotte Kingdom) is the largest and busiest port in Sri Lanka.

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Portuguese Ceylon

Portuguese Ceylon (Ceilão Português, Sinhala: පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව Puruthugisi Lankawa) was the control of the Kingdom of Kotte by the Portuguese Empire, in present-day Sri Lanka, after the country's Crisis of the Sixteenth Century and into the Kandyan period.

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Postal codes in Sri Lanka

Postal codes in Sri Lanka are five digit numbers used by Sri Lanka Post to sort mail more efficiently.

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Private school (Sri Lanka)

A private school in Sri Lanka denotes a school that is funded by private means, usually tuition fees while a government school is controlled or owned by the state.

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Provinces of Sri Lanka

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

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Provincial government in Sri Lanka

Provincial councils of Sri Lanka are legislative bodies of the nine Provinces of Sri Lanka.

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Puttalam District

Puttalam is a district situated near to the west coast of Sri Lanka.

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Rajagiriya

Rajagiriya is part of the Sri Lanka's administrative capital of Sri Jayawardenapura.

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Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP (රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ, ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 9 January 2015.As Leader of the United National Party since 1994 and the Member of Parliament for Colombo District since 1977.

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Religion in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's population practices a variety of religions.

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Residential care

Residential care refers to long-term care given to adults or children who stay in a residential setting rather than in their own home or family home.

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Resort

A resort (North American English) is an isolated place, self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on the premises.

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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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Shopping mall

A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to unit.

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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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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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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 Jayawardenepura Kotte

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (commonly known as Kotte) is the official, administrative capital of Sri Lanka.

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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 Lanka Institute of Information Technology

. The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තා‌ක්ෂණ ආයතනය; இலங்கை தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம்) (also known as SLIIT) is a private institute in Sri Lanka specializing in technology, engineering and business.

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Sri Lankan Moors

Sri Lankan Moors (translit; translit formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Muslims or Moors) are an ethnic minority group in Sri Lanka, comprising 9.3% of the country's total population.

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Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils (also) or Ceylon Tamils, also known as Eelam Tamils in Tamil, are members of the Tamil ethnic group native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.

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Surbana Jurong

Surbana Jurong Private Limited (also referred to as Surbana Jurong) is a Singaporean government-owned consultancy company focusing on infrastructure and urban development.

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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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Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka

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Tertiary sector of the economy

The tertiary sector or service sector is the third of the three economic sectors of the three-sector theory.

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Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (13A) is amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which created Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka.

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University of Colombo

The University of Colombo (කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Kolomba Vishvavidyalaya, கொழும்புப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) (informally Colombo University or UoC) is a public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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University of Kelaniya

The University of Kelaniya (කැළණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, களனி பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a state university of Sri Lanka.

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University of Moratuwa

The University of Moratuwa (also referred as Moratuwa University) (මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය Moratuwa Vishvavidyalaya, மொறட்டுவைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்), located on the bank of the Bolgoda Lake in Katubedda, Moratuwa is the most sought after technological university in Sri Lanka.

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University of Sri Jayewardenepura

The University of Sri Jayewardenepura (also referred as Jayewardenepura University or USJP) (ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, ஸ்ரீ ஜயவர்தனபுர பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a university in Sri Lanka.

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Western Province, Sri Lanka

The Western Province (බස්නාහිර පළාත Basnahira Palata; மேல் மாகாணம் Mael Maakaanam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Western Region Megapolis

Western Region Megapolis also called Western Region Megapolis Planning Project (WRMPP) is an urban planning, zoning, and development project aimed at creating a planned Megapolis in Sri Lanka's Western Province by 2030.

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Zoning

Zoning is the process of dividing land in a municipality into zones (e.g. residential, industrial) in which certain land uses are permitted or prohibited.

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Basnahira, Basnahira Palata, Basnāhira paḷāta, History of Western Province, Sri Lanka, Mael Maakaanam, Mel mākāṇam, Western Province (Sri Lanka), Western Provincial Council, Western province, Sri Lanka.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka

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