Koggala is a small coastal town, situated at the edge of a lagoon on the south coast of Sri Lanka, located in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council.
Beliggenhed: Koggala ligger kilometer syd for Colombo i den sydlige kystzone af Sri Lanka.
Sådan kommer du til Koggala: Koggala kan nås via hovedmotorvejen Colombo-Galle-Matara (A2) samt med den sydlige kystjernbane fra Colombo til Matara.
Koggala by og strand: Koggala, en by med en fantastisk tropisk strand, er beriget med et økologisk paradis: den maleriske Koggala-sø lige ved vejen.
Koggala Sø: Søen, der indeholder en samling små øer, giver masser af muligheder for fuglekiggeri ved solnedgang for de feriegæster, der har nydt sig på Koggala-stranden. Rundt om søen er der flere krydderihaver.
Martin Wickramasinghe Museum for Folkekultur: Koggala's Martin Wickramasinghe Museum for Folkekultur langs vejen præsenterer en sjælden samling af værktøjer, redskaber og instrumenter, der blev brugt i de sinhalese industrier og landbrug samt i folkekunst, folkemedicin og kostumer.
Purwarama Tempel i Kataluwa, Koggala: 5 km øst for Koggala ligger Kataluwa Purwarama-templet, der er berømt for sine vægmalerier, der skildrer historier fra Buddhas tidligere liv.
Handunugoda Teejord: Handunugoda Teejord, som ligger 4 km inde fra Kataluwa, Koggala, er en af de få teplantager i lavlandet, der producerer te af høj kvalitet som Sri Lankas centrale højland.
Galle is a city situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo. Galle is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in south and Southeast Asia, showing the interaction between European architectural styles and south Asian traditions. The Galle fort is a world heritage site and the largest remaining fortress in Asia built by European occupiers.
Galle is a sizeable town, by Sri Lankan standards, and has a population of 91,000, the majority of whom are of Sinhalese ethnicity. There is also a large Sri Lankan Moor minority, particularly in the fort area, which descend from Arab merchants that settled in the ancient port of Galle.
About Southern Province
The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Galle. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region.
Important landmarks of the Southern Province include the wildlife sanctuaries of the Yala and Udawalawe National Parks, the holy city of Kataragama, and the ancient cities of Tissamaharama, Kirinda and Galle. (Although Galle is an ancient city, almost nothing survives from before the Portuguese invasion.) During the Portuguese period there were two famous Sinhalese poets called Andare who was from Dickwella and Gajaman Nona who was from Denipitiya in Matara District, composing poems on common man.
