Matale City
Matale, Sri Lanka, is renowned for its lush vegetation and spice gardens. Located in the central province, it offers a rich cultural experience with cooking classes and demonstrations. Visitors can learn traditional recipes and techniques, such as clay pot cooking, and enjoy dishes like chicken curry and dhal curry, making Matale a culinary and cultural treasure.
マタレ市
マータレー(しばしばマータレーとも表記される)は、島の中心部に位置する大きな地方都市です。海抜364メートル(1,194フィート)の広く肥沃な谷に位置しています。ここはマータレー地区の行政の中心であり最大の都市で、中部州に属し、スリランカの一部です。コロンボから142キロメートル(88マイル)離れており、キャンディの近くにあります。都市の周囲はナックルズ山脈に囲まれており、その麓はイギリス時代にウィルトシャーと呼ばれていました。
マータレーは、スリランカの丘陵地帯に位置する町です。ナックルズ山脈はマータレーの代表的なランドマークです。マータレー行政区には、歴史的なシーギリヤ・ロック要塞、アルヴィハーラ寺院、およびダンブッラ石窟寺院も含まれています。かつてウィルトシャーと呼ばれていたナックルズ山脈の麓は、この地域の景観美をさらに引き立てています。主に農業地域であり、茶、ゴム、野菜、そして香辛料の栽培が盛んです。
アルヴィハーラ寺院は町の北側に位置し、パーリ経典が初めて完全な形でオラ(ヤシ)葉に書き記された歴史的な場所です。アルヴィハーラの近くには多くの修道院の洞窟があり、その一部には美しいフレスコ画が残されています。
About Central Province
The Central Province of Sri Lanka consists primarily of mountainous terrain. The province has an area of 5,674 km², and a population of 2,421,148. Some major towns include Kandy, Gampola (24,730), Nuwara Eliya and Bandarawela. The population is a mixture of Sinhalese, Tamil and the Moors.
Both the hill capital Kandy and the city of Nuwara Eliya are located within the Central Province as well as Sri Pada. The province produces much of the famous Ceylon tea, planted by the British in the 1860s after a devastating disease killed all the coffee plantations in the province. Central Province attracts many tourists, with hill station towns such as Kandy, Gampola, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya. Temple tooth or Dalada maligawa is the main sacred place in Centrel province.
The climate is cool, and many areas about 1500 meters often have chilly nights. The western slopes are very wet, some places having almost 7000 mm of rain per year. The eastern slopes are parts of the mid-dry zone as it is receiving rain only from North-Eastern monsoon. The Temperatures range from 24°C at Kandy to just 16°C in Nuwara Eliya, which is located 1,889 m above sea level. The highest mountains in Sri Lanka are located in the Central Province. The terrain is mostly mountainous, with deep valleys cutting into it. The two main mountain regions are the central massif and the Knuckles range to the east of Kandy.