Hambantota City
Hambantota, a port city in southern Sri Lanka, boasts strategic maritime significance. Known for its deep-water port, it plays a pivotal role in global trade routes, particularly for transshipment. The city also features emerging industrial and tourism sectors, contributing to its economic development.
基林达镇
基林达是一个沿海小镇,位于蒂瑟默哈拉默以南10公里处。这里因坐落在靠近海岸的一座小型岩石山丘上的基林达寺而闻名。该寺由卡万提萨国王建造,每天都有数百名朝圣者和游客前来参观。在寺庙区域内,可以欣赏到令人惊叹的景色,包括绵延的无人沙滩、巨大的沙丘、近海的“大巴塞斯”礁群,以及另一侧郁郁葱葱的植被和国家公园。维哈拉玛哈德维王后的雕像也是基林达最著名的景点之一。
关于马特勒区
马特勒是位于斯里兰卡南部海岸的一座城市,距离科伦坡160公里。它是斯里兰卡最大的城市之一。该城市保留了许多斯里兰卡殖民时期的遗迹,并被岛上第三长的河流——尼尔瓦拉河(蓝河)分隔。这是一片宽广而美丽的水域,将老城区与新城区分开。
在16至18世纪期间,马特勒先后由葡萄牙人和荷兰人统治。当时的文化和建筑至今仍可在该地区看到。位于顿德拉角的著名灯塔由荷兰人建造,被认为是斯里兰卡最美丽、最古老的灯塔之一。
关于南部省
斯里兰卡的南部省是一个小型地理区域,由加勒、马特勒和汉班托塔三个地区组成。自给农业和渔业是该地区大多数居民的主要收入来源。
南部省的重要地标包括雅拉野生动物保护区和乌达瓦拉维国家公园、神圣城市卡塔拉伽马,以及蒂瑟默哈拉默、基林达和加勒等古城。(尽管加勒是一座古老的城市,但在葡萄牙入侵之前的遗迹几乎没有保存下来。)在葡萄牙时期,有两位著名的僧伽罗诗人:来自迪克韦拉的安达雷,以及来自马特勒区德尼皮蒂亚的加贾曼·诺娜,他们创作了关于普通民众的诗歌。
About Hambantota District
Hambantota is a rural town in south eastern coastal area of Sri Lanka. It is also the capital of the Hambantota District in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Approximately 240 kms from Colombo,Hambantota is in the midst of transformation into a strategic port and commercial centre, undergoing extensive infrastructure development. Flanked by sweeping sandy beaches,Hambantota is a convenient location from which to visit nearby sights.
The Bundala National Park lays 20 km east of Hambantota and the Weerawila Sanctuary a little further off. The Ruhuna National Park and theKataragama Temple are other attractions that can be accessed easily from this city.
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.