Kurunegala District
Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. The district is 4,812.7 km2. It consists of thirty divisional secretariats, 1,610 grama niladari divisions and 4,476 villages.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Sri Lanka with 1,610,000 residents
- Description: district of Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Kurunagala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Deduru Oya Dam.
Deduru Oya Dam
Dam
The Deduru Oya Dam is an embankment dam built across the Deduru River in Kurunegala District of Sri Lanka. Built in 2014, the primary purpose of the dam is to retain for irrigation purposes approximately a billion cubic metres of water, which would otherwise flow out to sea. Deduru Oya Dam is situated 5 km southeast of Kurunegala District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maho.
Maho
Town
Mahawa is a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is located in the Kurunegala District. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus and Christians live in this town. Maho is situated 9 km north of Kurunegala District.
Kurunegala District
- Location: North Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kurunegala District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مديرية كورونيغالا”
- Bengali: “কুরোনগেলা জেলা”
- Cebuano: “Kurunegala District”
- Chinese: “库鲁内格勒区”
- Chinese: “庫魯內格勒區”
- Danish: “Kurunegala District”
- Dutch: “Kurunegala”
- Finnish: “Kurunegalan kaupunginosa”
- Finnish: “Kurunegalan piirikunta”
- French: “Kurunegala”
- Georgian: “კურუნეგალის ოლქი”
- German: “Kurunegala”
- Greek: “Κουρουνεγκάλα”
- Gujarati: “કુરુનેગલા જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “कुरुनेगल‘ जिला”
- Hindi: “कुरुनेगल’ जिला”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Kurunegala”
- Italian: “Distretto di Kurunegala”
- Japanese: “クルネーガラ県”
- Kannada: “ಕುಲ್ಲೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
- Korean: “쿠루네갈라구”
- Latvian: “Kurunegalas distrikts”
- Lithuanian: “Kurunegalos apskritis”
- Malay: “Kurunegala District”
- Malayalam: “കുറുനേഗല ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “कुरुनेगला जिल्हा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurunegala distrikt”
- Persian: “ناحیه کورونیگالا”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Kurunegala”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Kurunegala”
- Russian: “Курунегала”
- Sinhala: “කුරුණෑගල දිස්ත් රික්කය”
- Sinhala: “කුරුණෑගල දිස්ත්රික්කය”
- Sinhala: “කුරුණෑගල පරිපාලන දිස්ත්රික්කය”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Kurunegala”
- Swedish: “Kurunegala”
- Tamil: “குருணாகல் மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “குருநாகல் மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “குறுனிகளா மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “కురునెగేలా జిల్లా”
- Thai: “เขตคุรุนกาลา”
- Turkish: “Kurunegala District”
- Ukrainian: “Курунегала”
- Urdu: “کرنیگالا ضلع”
- Urdu: “کرنیگل”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Kurunegala”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع کورونیگالا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Benmullegama and Ambagaswewa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hathagama Wewa and Ambagas Wewa.
North Western Province: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Kurunegala, Puttalam, Chilaw, and Kalpitiya.
Curious Places to Discover
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