Ambalangoda
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Ambalangoda is a coastal town located in Galle District, Southern Province of Sri Lanka, famous for its ancient demon masks and devil dancers.
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Vinony's link graph records 153 inbound references to Ambalangoda, and connects out to Sri Lanka, time zone and table salt.
It is catalogued under topics including Ambalangoda, Populated places in Galle District and Populated places in Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
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- Locality
- Ambalangoda
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 56,783
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ambalangoda
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ambalangoda-.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ambalangoda places
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Galle District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- km2
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 56,783
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 1,092 inh./km2
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist destination
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Galle District
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- AmbalangodaMask.jpg
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- Ambalangoda
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Transport
- Schools
- History
- Religion
- Masks and puppetry
- Attractions
- Cuisine
- References
- External links
Ambalangoda is a coastal town located in Galle District, Southern Province of Sri Lanka, famous for its ancient demon masks and devil dancers.
Situated approximately of Colombo, the Ambalangoda town is distinct from the Ambalangoda Urban Council area. Their boundaries differ and the Ambalangoda Urban Council is governing a much larger area than the Ambalangoda town itself.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ambalangoda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.