Key facts
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Admitted
- 14 November 1987
- Capital
- Badulla
- Largest city
- Badulla
- Districts
- List Badulla Monaragala
- Type
- Provincial council
- Body
- Uva Provincial Council
- Governor
- Kapila Jayasekera
- Total
- 8,500 km (3,300 sq mi)
- Rank
- 4th (12.92% of total area)
- Density
- 150/km (390/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
- Iso 3166 code
- LK-8
- Vehicle registration
- UP
- Official languages
- Sinhalese , Tamil
- Flower
- Gurulu raaja ( Rhynchostylis retusa )
- Website
- www .up .gov .lk
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Uva Province ( IPA: [uːʋə], Sinhala: ඌව පළාත, romanized: Ūva Paḷāta, Tamil: ஊவா மாகாணம், romanized: Ūvā Mākāṇam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. The province has an area of 8,500 km and a population of 1,266,463, making it the 2nd least populated province. The provincial capital is Badulla.
Uva is bordered by the Eastern, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, and Central provinces. It is home to several tourist attractions, waterfalls and two national parks: Yala National Park and Gal Oya National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uva Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.