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Sign in to savealt=Balangoda Nature|right|thumb|Mountains Balangoda Balangoda is a town in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an urban council located away from Colombo and 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 . 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%, Other
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Place details
- Locality
- Balangoda
- Region
- Sabaragamuwa Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Balangoda
- Settlement.native_name
- බළන්ගොඩ பலாங்கொடை
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sabaragamuwa Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ratnapura District
- Settlement.unit_pref
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Ratnapura district
- Elevation
- +530
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Uggal Aluthnuwara Kataragama Devalaya.jpg
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- Balangoda Man
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alt=Balangoda Nature|right|thumb|Mountains Balangoda Balangoda is a town in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an urban council located away from Colombo and 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 . 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). The town is also the birthplace of Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero and Sirimavo Bandaranaike (the world's first female head of government) the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960–65, 1970–77 and 1994–2000).