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.
Plats: Koggala ligger några kilometer söder om Colombo i den södra kustzonen av Sri Lanka.
Så här tar du dig till Koggala: Koggala kan nås via huvudvägen Colombo-Galle-Matara (A2) samt via den södra kustjärnvägen från Colombo till Matara.
Koggala by och strand: Koggala, en by med en fantastisk tropisk strand, är berikad med ett ekologiskt paradis: den pittoreska Koggala-sjön vid vägen.
Koggala-sjö: Sjön, med en grupp små öar, erbjuder många möjligheter att få se fåglar vid solnedgången för de turister som har njutit av Koggala-stranden. Runt sjön finns flera kryddgårdar.
Martin Wickramasinghe Museum of Folk Culture: Koggala's Martin Wickramasinghe Museum of Folk Culture som ligger vid vägen, har en sällsynt samling av verktyg, redskap och instrument som användes i singalesiska industrier och jordbruk, samt i folkart, folkmedicin och kläder.
Purwarama Temple i Kataluwa, Koggala: 5 km öster om Koggala ligger Purwarama-templet i Kataluwa, berömt för sina väggmålningar som skildrar berättelser från Buddhas tidigare liv.
Handunugoda Tea Estate: Handunugoda Tea Estate, beläget 4 km från Kataluwa, Koggala, är en av de få teplantagerna i låglandet som producerar te av hög kvalitet, precis som de centrala höglandena i Sri Lanka.
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.
