Place:Western, Sri Lanka

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NameWestern
Alt namesWesternsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 612
TypeProvince
Coordinates6.833°N 80.083°E
Located inSri Lanka
Contained Places
District
Colombo
Gampaha
Kalutara
Inhabited place
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Moratuwa
Negombo
Panadura
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Western Province ( Basnāhira Paḷāta; Mael 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. Western Province is the most densely populated province in the country and is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte as well as to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center.

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