Bibile (also Bibila) is an attractive tourist destination located in
Monaragala District
Monaragala (, ) 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 .
Main Towns
* Monaragala
* Bibile
* Buttala
* Wellawaya
* Kataragama
* Siyambalanduva
* medagama
* T ...
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Uva Province
The Uva Province (, , ) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. The province has an area of 8,500 km2 and a population of 1,266,463, making it the 2nd least populated province. The provincial capital is Badulla.
Uva is bordered by the East ...
of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
. It was called Wellassa during the Kandy kingdom, which related to 100,000 paddy fields. The agricultural region was historically known for cultivating rice and a variety of orange (''
citrus sinensis
''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as Orange (fruit), oranges, Mandarin orange, mandarins, lemons, grapefruits, ...
'') called Bibile Sweet.
Population
As of 2012, the total population of Bibile was 40,329.Sinhalese people-95.1%
Economy
In the 1990s, gem shops were opening on the main high street in Bibile. Mining near Bibile has extracted
geuda
Geuda (, pronounced gay-yoo-dah) is a form of the mineral corundum, or sapphire, found primarily in Sri Lanka. Around 70%-80% of gems mined in Sri Lanka belong to geuda varieties. Because of its semitransparent and milky appearance due to rutile ...
and
yellow sapphire.
In recent years, local corn farmers have opposed attempts by foreign multinationals to acquire agricultural lands to build a sugar factory.
Education
Bibile Madya Maha Vidayalaya (known as Wellassa National College) is one of the main schools in bibile.
In 2024, the DP Foundation opened what it billed as the "Sri Lanka's first digital pre-school" in Bibile, as well as an IT campus at Bibile Wagama Sri Saddaramalankara Pirivena.
In popular culture
Bibile was known as 'Sinhale' in Martin Wickremesinghe's novel "Gamperaliya".
Notable people
* Professor
Senaka Bibile, whose father was from Bibile
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Sarath Kotagama
Vidya Jyothi Sarath Wimalabandara Kotagama () is a Sri Lankan ornithologist and environmentalist. He is a Professor Emeritus and former head of the Department of Zoology, University of Colombo.
Education
Kotagama obtained a BSc from the Univers ...
See also
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List of towns in Uva
Uva Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Badulla District and Moneragala District. The following is a list of settlements in the province.
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Agalle, Agampodigama, Aggalaulpota, Akurukaduwa, Alakkangama, Alakolagal ...
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References
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Populated places in Uva Province