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Panchikawatta is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka and is part of the area numbered Colombo 10. Its postcode is 01000. Panchikawatte is known for spares and motor parts. The Tower Hall is located here. A majority of Muslims and Tamils live here. All buses which travel from Fort, travel by this way.
Adam's Bridge with Mannar Island in the foreground. An Integrated Strategic Environmental Assessment of Northern Province produced by the government with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Environment Programme and published in October 2014 recommended that a national park with an area of 18,990 ha (46,925 acres) be created on the Sri Lankan section of ...
Godawaya National Sanctuary: 25 May 2006: 2.32 0.90 Great Sober Island National Sanctuary: Eastern Province: 21 June 1963: 0.65 0.25 Hikkaduwa Coral Gardens Marine National Sanctuary & National Park: Southern Province: 18 May 1979: 1.02 0.39 Honduwa Island National Sanctuary: 19 November 1973: 0.09 0.03 Kahalla-Pallekele National Sanctuary ...
National parks are a class of protected areas in Sri Lanka and are administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation. National parks are governed by the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (No. 2) of 1937 and may be created, amended or abolished by ministerial order . [ 1 ]
November 14, 1992 [10] Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary: Great Lakes: 1,722 sq mi (4,460 km 2) September 6, 2024 [15] Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary: Atlantic: 18 sq mi (47 km 2) September 3, 2019 [16] Monitor National Marine Sanctuary: Atlantic: 0.785 sq mi (2.03 km 2) February 5, 1975 [10] Monterey Bay National ...
Boralesgamuwa is a city on the Colombo-Horana Road about 14 km (9 mi) south-east of the commercial capital Colombo. The Boralesgamuwa junction was formerly known as Nagas Handiya. One of Sri Lanka's largest kaolin deposits is in Boralesgamuwa. The Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya is very close to the Boralesgamuwa. The post code of Boralesgamuwa is ...
The Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu would be located inside the national park. [8] [9] In May 2015 the government announced that Madhu Road, along with Adam's Bridge, Chundikkulam and Delft would be designated national parks. [9] Madhu Road sanctuary became a national park on 22 June 2015 with an area of 63,067 ha (155,843 acres). [10] [a]
Located on the northwest coast lowland dry zone of Sri Lanka, the park is 30 km (19 mi) west of Anuradhapura and 26 km (16 mi) north of Puttalam (approximately 180 km (110 mi) north of Colombo). The park is 1,317 km 2 (508 sq mi) (131,693 hectares) in area and ranges from 0–152 m (0–499 ft) above sea level. Nearly one hundred and six lakes ...