Dambulla stad

Locatie: Dambulla ligt 148 km ten noordoosten van Colombo in de provincie Noord-Centraal.

Dambulla transportknooppunt: Dambulla ligt 72 km ten noorden van Kandy en is een belangrijk knooppunt waar de Colombo en Trincomalee wegen en de Kandy en Anuradhapura wegen elkaar ontmoeten en daarna naar hun eigen bestemmingen splitsen. Het goed uitgeruste busstation van Dambulla maakt het een transportknooppunt met bussen die naar Kandy, Kurunagala, Habarana en de UNESCO Werelderfgoedlocaties van Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa en Sigiriya rijden.

Dambulla stad: Dambulla, dat een paar decennia geleden nog een onbelangrijk dorp was, is nu een bloeiende moderne marktplaats – een commercieel centrum, gedreven door de intensieve landbouw van de hardwerkende boeren in de regio.

Dambulla internationaal cricketstadion: Met uitzicht op het pittoreske Dambulla-reservoir staat het nieuwste verlichte internationale cricketstadion van Sri Lanka.

Gouden Dambulla Rock Cave Tempel (UNESCO Werelderfgoed): De Dambulla Rock Temple, gelegen op 2 km ten zuiden van het stadscentrum, is de grootste, belangrijkste en best bewaarde rotsentempel van Sri Lanka. De tempel is uitgehakt in een enorme granieten uitloper die meer dan 160 meter boven het omliggende landschap uitsteekt. 100 meter ten zuiden van Dambulla Rock Temple bevindt zich het Dambulla Museum.

Accommodatie: De populairste accommodaties in de omgeving van Dambulla zijn Heritance Kandalama aan de oevers van het Dambulla regenwaterreservoir en Amaya Lake.

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About Matale District

Matale is a town in the hill country of Sri Lanka. The Knuckles Mountain Range is a special landmark of Matale.The Matale administrative district also contains the historic Sigiriya rock castle, Aluvihare Temple and Dambulla Cave Temple . Surrounding the town are the Knuckles foothills called Wiltshire. It is a mainly agricultural area, where tea, rubber, vegetable and spice cultivation dominate.

The Aluvihare Temple, on the North side of the town, is the historic location where the Pali Canon was first written down completely in text on ola (palm) leaves. Situated near Aluvihare are numerous monastery caves, some of which exhibit fine frescoes.

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.

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