Administrative District in Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Monaragala (Sinhala: මොණරාගල දිස්ත්රික්කය, Tamil: மொணராகலை மாவட்டம்) is a district in Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is the second largest of the 25 districts in Sri Lanka, with an area of 5,636 km2 (2,176 sq mi).[2]
Main Towns
Other towns
Statistics
Religion
Religions in Moneragala District (2011)[3]
Buddhism is the predominant religion in Moneragala.
Ethnicity
In 2008 - Source[4]
National parks
Major reservoirs
- Senanayake Reservoir
- Muthukandiya Reservoir
- Weheragala Reservoir
- Handapanagala Reservoir
- Udawalawa Reservoir
- Alikota ara Reservoir
- Mallipotha Lake
Rivers
- Menik Ganga
- Hulanda oya
- Gal oya
- Heda oya
- Wila oya
- Kumbukkan Oya
- Kirindi oya
- ranwanna oya
Tourist attractions
- Katharagama
- Maligawila
- Buduruwagala
- Goviduhela rock
- Yala National Park
- Galoya National Park
- Udawalawa National Park
- Ellewela Waterfall
- Maragala mountain range
- Kotasara Piyangala Raja Maha Viharaya
- Mallipotha Lake
See also
References
- ^ "POPULATION OF SRI LANKA BY DISTRICT" (PDF). Census of Population and Housing 2011. Department of Census and Statistics. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ^ "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
- ^ Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011
- ^ "Article from Lakbima Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
External links
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- Office of the Governor - Uva / ඌව පලාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර කාර්යාලය
