Ciudad de Hikkaduwa

Hikkaduwa es una ciudad turística costera en el suroeste de Sri Lanka. Es conocida por su fuerte oleaje y sus hermosas playas, incluida la Playa de Hikkaduwa, bordeada de palmeras y rodeada de restaurantes y bares. Las aguas poco profundas frente a la playa de Hikkaduwa albergan el Parque Nacional de Hikkaduwa, que es un santuario de corales y hogar de tortugas marinas y peces exóticos. En el interior se encuentra el templo budista Gangarama Maha Vihara, decorado con murales pintados a mano.

Hikkaduwa Beach

En 1940, los islotes rocosos de Hikkaduwa fueron declarados santuarios y la protección se limitó a los límites terrestres de estos islotes rocosos. En 1998 fue elevado al estatus de reserva natural y posteriormente a parque nacional. Los famosos Coral Gardens y el Santuario de Aves de Telwatte son las principales atracciones de Hikkaduwa, que se encuentra a 98 km de Colombo. Turistas locales y extranjeros llegan para ver los famosos jardines de coral de Hikkaduwa. Para quienes prefieren no mojarse los pies, hay barcos con fondo de cristal disponibles, mientras que otros practican snorkel para llegar a los arrecifes llenos de coloridos corales y abundante vida marina.

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About Galle District

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 Hambantota. 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.

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