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Ingiriya
Sign in to saveIngiriya (Sinhala: ඉංගිරිය; Tamil: இங்கிரிய) is a city in Kalutara District of Western Province, Sri Lanka, near the border with Sabaragamuwa Province. The city is the meeting point of the Rathnapura–Panadura, Ingiriya–Padukka and Ingiriya–Bulathsinhala roads.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Kalutara District
- Elevation
- 137
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Official website
- www.ingiriya.info
- Image
- Ingiriya Drainage02.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
26 sectionsContents
- Location
- Geography
- Climate
- Flooding
- Agriculture
- Administration
- Transportation
- Landmarks
- Nachchimale
- Madakada Aranya Senasanaya
- Parei Thota
- Bodhinagala Aranya Senasanaya
- Bodhinagala Bird Sanctuary
- Hora Forest Reservation
- Kura Uda Waterfall
- Urugala Holombuwa
- History
- Schools
- Religious Places
- Temples
- Kovil
- Churches
- Popular Arts
- Notes
- References
- External links
Ingiriya (Sinhala: ඉංගිරිය; Tamil: இங்கிரிய) is a city in Kalutara District of Western Province, Sri Lanka, near the border with Sabaragamuwa Province. The city is the meeting point of the Rathnapura–Panadura, Ingiriya–Padukka and Ingiriya–Bulathsinhala roads.
The city has an ethnic makeup of 89.7% Sinhalese and 10.1% Tamils, with less than 1% from other ethnicity. The 2001 census recorded a population of 45,726, rising to 56,074 in 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ingiriya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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