Mirigama (also spelled Meerigama) (; ) is a suburb in Gampaha District,

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. It is located from

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, from Kurunegala and from

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. Mirigama is the hometown of

's first

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Karu Jayasuriya. The Central Expressway (under construction as of June 2018) includes two interchanges serving Mirigama: Mirigama North and Mirigama South.

Etymology

Mirigama is a derivation of mihiri-gama, meaning sweet place. According to local mythology, King Walagamba had heard his win against a local ruler when he was in the area, and named the village Mirigama, as that's where he heard the "sweet" news.

Geography

The town is situated in a undulating plain with surrounding hills.

Notable places

* SLAF Mirigama *The Mirigama Super

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(commonly known as the Kanway Autodrome) - national-level race track, in length. *Sri Lanka Army Base, Ambepussa

Notable people

* D.S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Ceylon * Karu Jayasuriya, MP, former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka * Mahendra Wijerathne, MP * Udena Wijerathne, MP *

Dudley Senanayake Dudley Shelton Senanayake (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක: ; 19 June 1911 – 13 April 1973), was a Sri Lankan wikt:statesman, statesman who thrice served as Prime Minister of C ...

, 2nd prime minister of Sri Lanka

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