North Western Province
North Western Province is a province in Sri Lanka. Its name in Sinhalese is Wayamba. The province is made up of the districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam. Its capital is Kurunegala.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kurunegala and Puttalam.
Kurunegala
Kurunegala is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of the North Western Province and the Kurunegala District. Kurunegala was an ancient royal capital for 50 years, from the end of the 13th century to the start of the 14th century.
Puttalam
Puttalam is an industrial and agricultural processing town in the Puttalam district of Sri Lanka, but the surrounding area has a few tourist attractions.
Chilaw
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Chilaw is a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. The western side of Chilaw is an area of sandy beaches.
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Yapahuwa
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Yapahuwa was one of the ephemeral capitals of medieval Sri Lanka. The citadel of Yapahuwa lying midway between Kurunagala and Anuradhapura was built around a huge granite rock rising abruptly almost a hundred meters above the surrounding lowlands.
Kalpitiya
Kalpitiya is a coastal town located in western region of Puttalam District. The Kalpitiya peninsula consists of a total fourteen islands. It is developing as a tourist destination.
North Western Province
- Type: province of Sri Lanka with 2,370,000 residents
- Description: province of Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “North Western” and “North Western Province, Sri Lanka”
- Neighbors: Central Province, North Central Province, Northern Province, Sabaragamuwa, and Western Province
- Location: Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“North Western Province” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المحافظة الشمالية الغربية”
- Arabic: “المقاطعة الشمالية الغربية”
- Bengali: “উত্তর পশ্চিম প্রদেশ”
- Bengali: “উত্তর পশ্চিমাঞ্চল প্রদেশ, শ্রীলঙ্কা”
- Bengali: “উত্তর পশ্চিমাঞ্চল প্রদেশ”
- Bulgarian: “Северозападна провинция”
- Catalan: “Província del Nord-oest”
- Cebuano: “Lalawigan sa Amihanang Kasadpan”
- Cebuano: “North Western Province”
- Chinese: “西北省”
- Dutch: “Noordwestelijke Provincie”
- Esperanto: “Nordokcidenta Provinco”
- Finnish: “Sri Lankan luoteisprovinssi”
- French: “Province du Nord-Ouest”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთი პროვინცია”
- German: “Nordwestprovinz”
- German: “Wayamba”
- Greek: “Βορειοδυτική επαρχία”
- Hindi: “उत्तर पश्चिमी प्रान्त, श्रीलंका”
- Hindi: “उत्तर पश्चिमी प्रान्त”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Barat Laut, Sri Lanka”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Barat Laut”
- Italian: “provincia del Nordovest”
- Italian: “provincia Nord-Occidentale”
- Italian: “Provincia Nord-Occidentale”
- Japanese: “北西部州 (スリランカ)”
- Japanese: “北西部州”
- Kinaray-A: “Kapuudan Naaminhan-Nakatëndan”
- Korean: “북서부주”
- Marathi: “वायव्य प्रांत”
- Nepali: “उत्तर पश्चिमी प्रदेश (श्रीलङ्का)”
- Nepali: “उत्तर पश्चिमी प्रदेश”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuurdwaast Prowins (Sri Lanka)”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuurdwaast Prowins”
- Persian: “استان شمال غربی، سریلانکا”
- Polish: “Prowincja Północno-Zachodnia”
- Portuguese: “Noroeste”
- Portuguese: “Província do Noroeste”
- Portuguese: “Província Noroeste”
- Russian: “Северо-Западная провинция”
- Sinhala: “Vayaṁba”
- Sinhala: “වයඹ පලාත”
- Sinhala: “වයඹ පළාත, ශ්රී ලංකාව”
- Sinhala: “වයඹ පළාත”
- Sinhala: “වයඹ”
- Slovenian: “Severozahodna provinca”
- Spanish: “Provincia del Noroeste”
- Spanish: “Provincia Noroccidental”
- Spanish: “Provincia Noroeste”
- Swedish: “Nordvästprovinsen i Sri Lanka”
- Swedish: “Nordvästprovinsen, Sri Lanka”
- Swedish: “Nordvästprovinsen”
- Tamil: “Vaṭamēl”
- Tamil: “வட மேல் மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “வட மேல்”
- Tamil: “வடமேல் மாகாணம், இலங்கை”
- Tamil: “வடமேல் மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “வடமேற்கு மாகாணசபை”
- Tamil: “வடமேற்கு மாகாணம்”
- Tatar: “Төньяк-Көнбатыш провинциясе”
- Ukrainian: “Північно-Західна провінція”
- Urdu: “شمال مغربی صوبہ، سری لنکا”
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