| North Western Province (Sri Lanka) | |
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Location  | |
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| State | Sri Lanka |
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| Capital | Kurunegala |
| Surface | 7,812 km² |
| Inhabitants | 2.169.892 (2001) |
North-Western Province is a region of Sri Lanka.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
Sri Lanka - Northwest Territory
The province includes two administrative districts named after their capitals as follows:
- Puttalam - Capital of a district that occupies the entire coastal strip north of Negombo and up to the Vilpattu National Park
- Kurunegala - Capital of the inland district characterized by high rocky spikes with sometimes imaginative shapes that rise among dense palm groves.
Urban centers
Coastal strip
- Chilaw - Modest fishing center whose inhabitants profess the Catholic religion.
- Kalpitiya - Village at the mouth of the lagoon of Puttalam, inhabited by Muslims devoted to fishing. To see the castle built by the Portuguese and improved by the Dutch and later by the British, it housed a garrison but in the nineteenth century it was abandoned; and the small colonial church of St Peter was built by the Dutch.
- Mahawewa - Village renowned for the production of batik fabrics.
- Marawila - Small seaside resort with a few hotels.
- Munneswaram - 6 km from Chilaw in an easterly direction, Munneswaram presents a Hindu temple, a destination for pilgrimages in August.
- Udappuwa - Coastal village inhabited by Tamil people.
Inner region
How to get
How to get around
What see
Itineraries
Along the coastal strip (Puttalam district) and proceeding from the south (Negombo) towards the north we meet the following centers:Mahawewa, Marawila, Chilaw, Munneswaram, Udappuwa is Kalpitiya.
What to do
At the table
Safety
Other projects
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