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is the only one of that kind in NWP, is situated on the
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Kurunegala enjoys a pleasant location with huge rocky outcrops some of which have been given names of the animals they resemble: elephant rock, tortoise rock etc. According to folklore legend, a long time back the city had a severe drought. To exacerbate matters for humans, animals had threatened the
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Located at an altitude of 116 metres (381 ft) above sea level, Kurunegala is surrounded by coconut plantations and rubber estates. There are eight very noticeable large rocks that encircle and dominate the city. Kurunegala's rocks rise from the plain below and have characteristic names, six of
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Kurunegala town is based on a plain area with the exception of the surrounding rock outcrops. The northern part of the town is slightly higher than the south. Kurunegala Lake is the primary geographical feature of Kurunegala and adorns the town. The region comprising the Kurunegala
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Buddhist temples in Kurunegala include Athkanda Raja Maha Viharaya. It is said that the fabled Jathaka stories were composed at this historic temple. The temple is located on the left hand side of the Kandy-Kurunegala main road in the vicinity of the Kurunegala town, Ibbagala Raja Maha
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Buwaneka Bahu I from 1272 to 1284. The relic was brought back by King Parakrama Bahu III who ruled from Kurunegala between 1287 and 1293. Over the next half a century Kurunegala was the capital and the governing centre for three other kings of Sri Lanka.
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Kurunegala had a citadel in the 13th century. Its ascendancy as an ancient capital of Sri Lanka began with a series of events that took place during the late 12th century at
Yapahuwa. The sacred tooth relic which was in the Yapahuwa Kingdom was taken by an
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and serves people through more than 100 units. The teaching hospital
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Kurunegala is one of the outstation cities that is popular for cricket and produced a number of cricketers that represented the nation. One of the best known spin bowlers of all time in Sri Lanka,
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city's storage capabilities by consuming huge amounts of water. A witch volunteered to alleviate the problem, transforming some of the animals magically into stone figures.
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Nearby are three archeological cities — Parakramapura (Panduvasnuwara, පඬුවස්නුවර) (northwest) with remains of a moated palace and monasteries from the 12th century,
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2001:References
1723:Kurunegala
1588:Udawalpola
1582:Madamegama
1390:Population
804:dry season
798:under the
747:Andagala (
740:Ibbagala (
405:Kurunegala
323:Population
276:Government
206:Kurunegala
145:Kurunegala
125:Kurunegala
66:newspapers
3094:Districts
3052:Festivals
3022:Education
2905:Geography
2738:Ratnapura
2623:Wattegama
2539:Kolonnawa
2489:Hikkaduwa
2435:Balangoda
2318:Ratnapura
2240:Sri Lanka
1766:Education
1719:Narammala
1707:Kadawatha
1690:Kadawatha
1655:Narammala
1594:Gettuwana
1401:Sinhalese
1354:Sinhalese
754:Elugala (
659:Geography
588:the tooth
559:from the
518:(north).
471:Etymology
425:Sri Lanka
421:குருணாகல்
384:Area code
355:Time zone
315:Elevation
261:Sri Lanka
130:குருணாகல்
2991:Religion
2958:Railways
2953:Highways
2894:Puttalam
2628:Weligama
2613:Vavuniya
2603:Tangalle
2584:Puttalam
2569:Panadura
2509:Kalutara
2475:Haputale
2440:Beruwala
2395:Dambulla
2355:Kalmunai
2345:Moratuwa
2335:Kaduwela
2118:Archived
2017:Archived
1969:See also
1715:Dambulla
1711:Mirigama
1703:Dambulla
1694:Dambulla
1647:Puttalam
1513:Sri Pada
1497:Hinduism
1493:Buddhism
1480:Religion
1468:Language
1366:Burghers
1289:Average
1215:Average
930:(102.6)
925:(102.2)
885:(102.2)
880:(102.6)
785:Adhagala
742:Tortoise
735:Elephant
731:Ethagala
715:May 2021
626:Dambulla
540:Athugala
516:Yapahuwa
501:Sanskrit
465:elephant
457:Elephant
455:or the "
453:Ethagala
431:and the
413:කුරුණෑගල
360:UTC+5:30
266:Province
128:කුරුණෑගල
3061:Symbols
3047:Cuisine
3005:Culture
2970:Tourism
2936:Economy
2799:History
2733:Badulla
2698:Colombo
2643:also a
2618:Wattala
2598:Lindula
2534:Kinniya
2529:Kesbewa
2524:Kegalle
2484:Dickoya
2470:Gampola
2370:Gampaha
2350:Negombo
2323:Badulla
2255:Colombo
1946:Cricket
1760:Mathale
1729:Economy
1699:Gampaha
1667:Kegalle
1659:Negombo
1635:Colombo
1626:on the
1624:railway
1573:Central
1567:Gangoda
1536:Kegalle
1474:English
1462:Source:
1449:
1436:
1421:
1416:Muslims
1406:
1395:Percent
1284:(82.5)
1274:(12.9)
1269:(14.1)
1239:(10.3)
1210:(58.3)
1205:(58.6)
1200:(60.3)
1195:(64.9)
1190:(66.6)
1185:(66.9)
1180:(68.4)
1175:(69.4)
1170:(68.5)
1165:(68.7)
1160:(61.2)
1155:(58.5)
1150:(58.3)
1140:(73.0)
1135:(71.1)
1130:(71.8)
1125:(73.0)
1120:(74.3)
1115:(74.8)
1110:(75.0)
1105:(75.6)
1100:(75.9)
1095:(74.5)
1090:(72.3)
1085:(69.6)
1080:(69.3)
1070:(81.1)
1065:(78.6)
1060:(79.7)
1055:(80.6)
1050:(81.5)
1045:(81.3)
1040:(81.1)
1035:(81.7)
1030:(82.9)
1025:(83.5)
1020:(83.1)
1015:(80.6)
1010:(78.3)
1000:(89.1)
995:(86.2)
990:(87.6)
985:(88.3)
980:(88.7)
975:(88.0)
970:(87.4)
965:(87.8)
960:(90.0)
955:(92.3)
950:(94.1)
945:(91.6)
940:(87.4)
920:(93.2)
915:(98.1)
910:(99.0)
905:(96.3)
900:(95.5)
895:(95.9)
890:(99.9)
875:(99.7)
870:(96.1)
790:Climate
666:Negombo
630:Puttlam
590:of the
577:Gampola
563:to the
526:History
485:Kurunai
481:Sinhala
437:Colombo
409:Sinhala
393:Website
345:Demonym
257:Country
231:80°22′E
80:scholar
3099:Cities
2922:Rivers
2713:Jaffna
2554:Mannar
2499:Ja-Ela
2494:Horana
2480:Hatton
2465:Eravur
2455:Chilaw
2430:Ampara
2375:Matale
2365:Matara
2313:Jaffna
1925:Sports
1913:, the
1909:, the
1758:, and
1643:Matale
1591:Bazzar
1585:Wehera
1532:Matale
1445:Others
1425:16.08%
1410:73.03%
1370:Malays
1362:Tamils
1279:(5.5)
1264:(6.3)
1259:(3.7)
1254:(4.5)
1249:(6.1)
1244:(7.6)
1234:(5.4)
1229:(3.6)
1224:(2.4)
821:Month
770:Monkey
763:Beetle
690:is in
670:Chilaw
592:Buddha
536:Buddha
461:tusker
445:Matale
331:30,315
228:7°29′N
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
3073:Motto
3042:Dance
3037:Sport
3032:Music
2708:Galle
2703:Kandy
2640:Note:
2308:Galle
2298:Kandy
1639:Kandy
1560:mayor
1538:and
1528:Kandy
1505:Islam
1453:2.02%
1440:8.01%
1358:Moors
1335:69.6
1282:2,095
860:Year
779:Rock)
777:Witch
772:Rock)
765:Rock)
758:Rock)
751:Rock)
744:Rock)
737:Rock)
696:prose
493:Tamil
441:Kandy
417:Tamil
377:60000
293:Mayor
87:JSTOR
73:books
2141:2013
2091:2009
2069:2012
1901:The
1741:The
1665:and
1645:,
1570:Wewa
1503:and
1368:and
1293:(%)
1208:14.6
1203:14.8
1198:15.7
1193:18.3
1188:19.2
1183:19.4
1178:20.2
1173:20.8
1168:20.3
1163:20.4
1158:16.2
1153:14.7
1148:14.6
1138:22.8
1133:21.7
1128:22.1
1123:22.8
1118:23.5
1113:23.8
1108:23.9
1103:24.2
1098:24.4
1093:23.6
1088:22.4
1083:20.9
1078:20.7
1068:27.3
1063:25.9
1058:26.5
1053:27.0
1048:27.5
1043:27.4
1038:27.3
1033:27.6
1028:28.3
1023:28.6
1018:28.4
1013:27.0
1008:25.7
998:31.7
993:30.1
988:30.9
983:31.3
978:31.5
973:31.1
968:30.8
963:31.0
958:32.2
953:33.5
948:34.5
943:33.1
938:30.8
928:39.2
923:39.0
918:34.0
913:36.7
908:37.2
903:35.7
898:35.3
893:35.5
888:37.7
883:39.0
878:39.2
873:37.6
868:35.6
857:Dec
854:Nov
851:Oct
848:Sep
845:Aug
842:Jul
839:Jun
836:May
833:Apr
830:Mar
827:Feb
824:Jan
756:Goat
692:list
668:and
477:gala
302:Area
168:Seal
138:City
59:news
3017:Art
2238:of
1709:to
1692:to
1332:72
1329:74
1326:74
1323:71
1320:71
1317:73
1314:74
1311:73
1308:69
1305:60
1302:59
1299:65
1277:139
1272:327
1267:359
1262:159
1252:114
1247:156
1242:194
1237:262
1232:138
749:Eel
538:on
491:in
489:gal
479:in
388:037
42:by
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1476:.
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1360:,
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1227:92
1222:62
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