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Badulla
Sign in to saveBadulla (, ; ,) is the capital and the largest city of Uva Province situated in the central hills of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of Uva Province and the Badulla District.
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Badulla is a city and human settlement located in Sri Lanka. It serves as the capital of both Badulla District and Uva Province. The city is situated at an elevation of 680 meters above sea level and covers an area of 10 square kilometers. Its official name is also recorded in Sinhala and Tamil scripts.
The population of Badulla is listed as 43,000 in one source, while another records it as 47,587. The local dialing code is 55, and the area operates in the UTC+05:30 time zone. Badulla is described in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Place details
- Locality
- Badulla
- Region
- Uva Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 47,587
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Badulla
- Settlement.native_name
- බදුල්ල
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Badulla Clock Tower.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Badulla clock tower
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- Location of Badulla within Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Uva Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Badulla
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- DS Division
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 10
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Eat
You will find just a few local restaurants.
Go next
Ella by train to see the great nature and 360 deg. circle in Demodara along the way Tangalle, Matara, Galle with the bus at 6:30AM from the bus terminal.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- History and present day
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Tourist attractions
- Demographics
- See also
- References
- External links
Badulla (, ; ,) is the capital and the largest city of Uva Province situated in the central hills of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of Uva Province and the Badulla District.
==Geography== Badulu Oya|thumb|left Badulla is located in the southeast of Kandy, almost encircled by the Badulu Oya River, about above sea level and is surrounded by tea plantations. The city is overshadowed by the Namunukula range of mountains (highest peak above sea level). It was a base of a pre-colonial Sinhalese local prince (regional king) who ruled the area under the main King in Kandy before it became part of the British Empire. Later, it became one of the provincial administrative hubs of the British rulers. The city was the terminus of upcountry railway line built by the British in order to take mainly tea plantation products to Colombo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Badulla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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