Lunugala is a town in the
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of
Uva.There are 28 Grama Niladhari Divisions in the Lunugala Divisional Secretariat Division
Survey in the Lunugala
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The town is placed in middle of a mountain range. It was called "Pattipola" (පට්ටිපොල) in the past.
Its main agricultural product is tea. There are many beautiful tea estates in Lunugala as Adawatta Estate, Park Estate, Hopton Estate, Showlands Estate and Madolsima Plantation. Additionally people cultivate pepper, cinnamon and cacao.
Society & Population Distribution
Basically the society of lunugala consists of three major types—Sinhala, Tamil and Muslims. These people live peacefully together. In some places there are cross marriages as Tamil-Muslims, Muslim-Sinhala and Tamil-Sinhala.
File:Population by religion.jpg, Lunugala population by religion According to Census of Population Housing SL,2011
File:Population by gender.jpg, Lunugala population by gender, According to Census of Population Housing SL,2011
File:Population by age.jpg, Lunugala population classification by Age differences, According to Census of population Housing SL,2011
Schools
*Lunugala Central College[Lunugala Central College](_blank)
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*Yapamma Sri Dhammananda Vidyalaya
*Rama Krishna College
*kalai mahal tamil maha vidyalayam
*Muslim School
*Jayabima Primary school
Religious places
*Lunugala Sri Lonagiri Purana Rajamaha Viharaya
*Yapamma Sri Ramya Vijayarama Viharaya
*Lunugala Sri Kadireshan Kovil
*Lunugala Jumma Mosque
*Lunugala Catholic Church
Hospitals
*Lunugala Hospital
*hopton Hospital
*Adawatta Dispensary
Public banks
*Bank of Ceylon
Bank of Ceylon (BOC; Sinhala: ලංකා බැංකුව ''Lanka Bænkuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை வங்கி ''Ilangai Vangi'') is a state-owned, major commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Its head office is located in an iconic cyl ...
*Peoples Bank
*Regional Development Bank
Gallery
File:Madolsima Mobilization (1).JPG, Beauty of Lunugala 1
File:Madolsima Mobilization (8).JPG, Beauty of Lunugala 2
File:Madolsima Mobilization (7).JPG, Beauty of Lunugala 3
File:Madolsima Mobilization (99).jpg, Beauty of Lunugala 4
File:Madolsima Mobilization (113).jpg, Beauty of Lunugala 5
References
* Madulsima, a top tourist attractio
by M.H.M.N. Bandara
Populated places in Uva Province
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