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Gangapahalavila Destination Guide

Discover Gangapahalavila in Sri Lanka

Gangapahalavila in the region of North Central is a town located in Sri Lanka - some 126 mi or ( 203 km ) North-East of Colombo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Gangapahalavila is now 12:54 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Colombo " with a UTC offset of 5.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Vellai, Trincomalee, Thambala, Sungawila, and Periyakulam. When in this area, you might want to check out Vellai . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Gangapahalavila ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Vellai

Vellai is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province.

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Located at 8.25 81.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The North Eastern Province was one of the provinces of Sri Lanka. The province was created in September 1988 by merging the Northern and Eastern provinces. This merger was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 2006. The province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007. The capital of the province was Trincomalee.

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Located at 8.25 81.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Foreign intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Provinces of Sri Lanka

Upaar Lagoon

Upaar Lagoon is an estuarine lagoon in Batticaloa District, eastern Sri Lanka. The lagoon is fed by a number of small rivers. It is linked to the sea by a narrow channel to the south. The lagoon is surrounded by evergreen forest and scrubland. The land is used for subsistence fishing and some rice cultivation. The lagoon has extensive mangrove swamps and some sea grass beds. The lagoon attracts a wide variety of water birds.

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Located at 8.12 81.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Batticaloa District, Lagoons of Sri Lanka

Verugal Bridge

Verugal Bridge is a road bridge across Verugal Aru in eastern Sri Lanka. The bridge was formally opened on 19 October 2011. The bridge is 105 m long. The bridge cost 250 million rupees and was financed by a soft loan from the French Development Agency's Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project and the Sri Lankan Government's Kilakku Vasantham (Eastern Awakening) programme. The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway.

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Located at 8.25 81.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Bridges completed in 2011, Bridges in Sri Lanka, Buildings and structures in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Transport in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Trincomalee District

Welikanda

Welikanda is a small town on the Baticallo Polonnaruwa main road located in Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Welikanda Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Polonnaruwa District.

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Located at 7.95 81.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Polonnaruwa District, Populated places in Sri Lanka