Gonagolla (, ) is a town in the
Ampara District
Ampara District (; ) is one of the 25 Districts of Sri Lanka, districts of Sri Lanka, the second-level administrative divisions of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a Government Agent (Sri Lanka), Distric ...
,
Eastern Province 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 is located north of
Ampara
Ampara (, ) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council.
It is located in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, about east of Colombo and approximately south of Batticaloa.
History
This was a hunters' resting place during Br ...
on the
Ampara Uhana Maha Oya Highway (A27).
The
Gonagolla Vihara, a historic
cave temple, which is formally
listed as an archaeological site, is located nearby on the road to Ampara.
Schools
* Dudley Senanayake College
* Rajagalatenna Maha Vidyalaya (
Sinhala: අම්/රජගලතැන්න මහා විද්යාලය)
References
Towns in Ampara District
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