Place:Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka

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NameSabaragamuwa
Alt namesSabaragamuwasource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates6.75°N 80.5°E
Located inSri Lanka
Contained Places
District
Kegalle
Ratnapura
Inhabited place
Kitulgala
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Sabaragamuwa Province ( Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta, Sabaragamuwa Mākāṇam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. The Sabaragamuwa Province contains two districts: Ratnapura and Kegalle. It is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, namely the Sabara, an indic term for hunter-gatherer tribes, a term seldom used in ancient Sri Lanka. Sabaragamuwa University is in Belihuloya.

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