Gandara
Gandara is a village in Gandara East, Devinuwara Divisional Secretariat, Southern Province and has about 5,000 residents. Gandara is situated nearby to the village Kapugama, as well as near Sudugala.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dondra Head Lighthouse.
Dondra Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Charaka Ranasinghe, CC BY 2.0.
Dondra Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Dondra Head, Dondra, the southernmost point in Sri Lanka and is Sri Lanka's tallest lighthouse, and also one of the tallest in South East Asia. Dondra Head Lighthouse is situated 3 km southwest of Gandara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dondra and Matara.
Dondra
Town
Dondra is a settlement on the extreme southernmost tip of Sri Lanka, in the Indian Ocean near Matara, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. The Dondra Head Lighthouse, ruins of several Hindu shrines of Tenavaram and a Vihara are located in the vicinity. Dondra is situated 3 km west of Gandara.
Matara
Photo: KingAlawaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Matara is a city in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. The Southern Province consists of three districts and the city of Matara lies between Galle and Hambantota which are the other districts of Southern Province.
Dikwella
Town
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Dikwella, also known as Dickwella and as Dikwella South, is a small coastal market town in the Matara district in Southern Province of Sri Lanka. It is located 22 km east of the city of Matara. Dikwella is situated 9 km east of Gandara.
Gandara
- Type: Village with 5,000 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Gandara East, Devinuwara Divisional Secretariat, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.93772° or 5° 56′ 16″ northLongitude
80.61341° or 80° 36′ 48″ eastPopulation
5,000Open location code
6MQ2WJQ7+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 251366138OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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