Place:North-Western, Sri Lanka

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NameNorth-Western
Alt namesNorth Western Province
North Westernsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 612
North-Westernsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 612
North-Western Provincesource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 866
TypeProvince
Coordinates7.75°N 80.167°E
Located inSri Lanka
Contained Places
District
Kurunegala
Puttalam
Inhabited place
Chilaw
Navagattegama
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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North Western Province ( Wayamba Paḷāta, Vada Mael Mākāṇam) is a province of Sri Lanka. The province consists of the districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam. Its capital is Kurunegala, which has a population of 28,571. The province is known mainly for its numerous coconut plantations. Other main towns in this province are Chilaw (24,712) and Puttalam (45,661), which are both small fishing towns. The majority of the population of Wayamba province is of Sinhalese ethnicity. There is also a substantial Sri Lankan Moor minority around Puttalam and Sri Lankan Tamils in Udappu and Munneswaram. Fishing, prawn farming and rubber tree plantations are other prominent industries of the region. The province has an area of 7,888 km2, and a population of 2,370,075 (2011 census).

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