Sabaragamuwa

Sabaragamuwa is a province in . It is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, the Sabara, an Indic term referring to hunter-gatherer tribes.
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is the capital city of Sabaragamuwa Province, located on the Kalu Ganga in south-central Sri Lanka, some 101 km southeast of the country's capital, . It means City of Gems.

Sabaragamuwa

Latitude
6.75° or 6° 45′ north
Longitude
80.5° or 80° 30′ east
Population
1,920,000
Elevation
525 metres (1,722 feet)
Open location code
6MR2QG22+22
Geo­Names ID
1228435
Wiki­data ID
Q853272
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Sabaragamuwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: محافظة ساباراغاموا
  • Arabic: مقاطعة ساباراغاموا
  • Bengali: সাবরাগমুওয়া প্রদেশ
  • Bengali: সাবরাগামুওয়া প্রদেশ, শ্রীলঙ্কা
  • Bengali: সাবরাগামুওয়া প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Сабарагамува
  • Catalan: Província de Sabaragamuwa
  • Cebuano: Province of Sabaragamuwa
  • Cebuano: Sabaragamuva
  • Central Bikol: Probinsya kan Sabaragamuwa
  • Chinese: 萨伯勒格穆沃省
  • Chinese: 萨巴拉加穆瓦
  • Chinese: 薩伯勒格穆沃省
  • Dutch: Sabaragamuwa
  • Esperanto: Provinco Sabaragamuva
  • Esperanto: Sabaragamuwa
  • Finnish: Sabaragamuwa
  • French: Province de Sabaragamuwa
  • French: Sabaragamuwa
  • French: Sabaramaguwa
  • Georgian: საბარაგამუვის პროვინცია
  • German: Sabaragamuwa
  • Greek: Σαμπαραγκαμούβα
  • Hebrew: מחוז סבראגמובה
  • Hindi: सबरगमुवा प्रान्त
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Sabaragamuwa
  • Italian: Sabaragamuwa
  • Japanese: サバラガムワ州
  • Kinaray-A: Sabaragamuva
  • Korean: 사바라가무와주
  • Latin: Sabaragamuva
  • Marathi: सबरगमुवा प्रांत
  • Nepali: सबरगमुवा प्रदेश
  • Northern Frisian: Sabaragamuwa
  • Persian: استان ساباراگامووا
  • Polish: Prowincja Sabaragamuwa
  • Portuguese: Província de Sabaragamuwa
  • Portuguese: Sabaragamuwa
  • Russian: Сабарагамува
  • Sinhala: Sabaragamuva
  • Sinhala: Sabaragamuwa Province-Sri Lanka
  • Sinhala: Sabaragamuwa province
  • Sinhala: සබරගමු පලාත
  • Sinhala: සබරගමු පළාත
  • Sinhala: සබරගමුව පළාත
  • Sinhala: සබරගමුව
  • Slovenian: Provinca Sabargamuva
  • Spanish: Provincia de Sabaragamuwa
  • Spanish: Sabaragamuwa
  • Swedish: Sabaragamuwa
  • Tamil: Caprakamuva
  • Tamil: சபரகமுவ மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: சபரகமுவ
  • Tamil: சபரகமுவா மாகாணசபை
  • Tamil: சபரகமுவா மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: சப்பிரகமுவா மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: சப்ரகமுவா மாகாணம்
  • Ukrainian: Сабарагамува
  • Urdu: سبراگموا علاقہ
  • Welsh: Talaith Sabaragamuwa

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