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North Western Province (Sinhala: වයඹ පළාත Wayamba Paḷāta, Tamil: வட மேல் மாகாணம் Vada Mael Mākāṇam) is a province of Sri Lanka. It is the fourth-largest province by land area, covering 7,888 km 2 (3,046 sq mi), and the fourth-most populated province with a population of over 2,592,000 people.
North-West Frontier Province (1901–55), Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 2010; North West (South African province), established 1994; North Western Province, Sri Lanka, also known as Wayamba; North-Western Province, Zambia; North Western Province (Victoria), an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia) from 1856 to 2006
The North Western Provinces was governed by a Lieutenant-Governor, who was appointed by the East India Company from 1836 to 1858, and by the British Government from 1858 to 1902. [2] In 1856, after the annexation of Oudh State, the North Western Provinces became part of the larger province of North Western Provinces and Oudh.
Elections in the newly merged North Eastern Province were held on 19 November 1988. On 1 March 1990, just as the Indian Peace Keeping Force was preparing to withdraw from Sri Lanka, Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal, Chief Minister of North Eastern Province, moved a motion in the North Eastern Provincial Council declaring independent Eelam. [5]
Ehetuwewa Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Kurunegala District, of North Western Province, Sri Lanka. The population was 25,781 at the 2012 Sri Lankan census. The population was 25,781 at the 2012 Sri Lankan census.
Alawwa is a town and divisional secretariat of the Kurunegala District in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. The town is considered part of the Coconut Triangle, where most of the country's coconut exports come from. [2] The population was 63,667 according to the 2012 Sri Lankan census. [3]
The name "Negombo" is the Portuguese corruption of its Tamil name Neerkolombu. [2] [note 1]The Sinhala name Migamuva comes from a legend mentioned in Rajaveliya. [3] The army of King Kavantissa found bee honey in a canoe near the seashore, for Viharamahadevi who was pregnant with the prince Dutugamunu.
Mahawa (also known as Maho) (Sinhala: මහව) is a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is located in the Kurunegala District. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus and Christians live in this town. The town is situated 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the Yapahuwa Rock Fortress. [2]