Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park in Sri Lanka. The forest is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Latitude
6.3897° or 6° 23′ 23″ north
Longitude
80.5015° or 80° 30′ 5″ east
Elevation
636 metres (2,087 feet)
Open location code
6MR29GQ2+VH
Geo­Names ID
1227997
Wiki­data ID
Q375634
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Sinharaja Forest Reserve” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Սինհարաջա
  • Belarusian: Сінгараджа
  • Bengali: সিংহরাজ সংরক্ষিত বন
  • Bosnian: Prašuma Sinharaja
  • Catalan: Reserva forestal de Sinharaja
  • Chinese: 辛哈拉加森林保护区
  • Chinese: 辛哈拉加森林保護區
  • Croatian: Prašuma Sinharaja
  • Czech: Sinharaja
  • Dutch: Sinharaja
  • Dutch: Woudreservaat Sinharaja
  • Egyptian Arabic: محمية غابة سينهاراجا
  • Finnish: Sinharajan metsänsuojelualue
  • French: Forêt de Sinharaja
  • French: Forêt de Sinharâja
  • French: Réserve de Sinharaja
  • French: Réserve de Sinharâja
  • French: Reserve forestiere de Sinharaja
  • French: Réserve forestière de Sinharaja
  • French: réserve forestière de Sinharâja
  • French: Réserve forestière de Sinharâja
  • French: Sinharaja
  • French: Sinharâja
  • Georgian: სინჰარაჯის ნაკრძალი
  • German: Sinharaja Forest
  • German: Sinharaja
  • Hebrew: שמורת יער סינהראג’ה
  • Italian: Riserva forestale di Sinharaja
  • Japanese: シンハラジャ森林保護区
  • Lithuanian: Sinharadžos miško draustinis
  • Macedonian: Дождовна шума/прашума Синхараџа
  • Macedonian: Синхараџа
  • Macedonian: Шумски резерват Синхараџа
  • Maithili: सिंहराजा वन्यजन्तु आरक्ष
  • Malayalam: സിൻഹരാജ സംരക്ഷിത വനം
  • Malayalam: സിൻഹരാജ സംരക്ഷിത വനങ്ങൾ
  • Maltese: Riżerva Forestali ta‘ Sinharaja
  • Maltese: Riżerva Forestali ta’ Sinharaja
  • Maltese: Sinharaja
  • Marathi: सिंहराजा अभयारण्य
  • Nepali: सिंहराजा वन्यजन्तु आरक्ष
  • Polish: Rezerwat leśny Sinharaja
  • Polish: Singharia
  • Portuguese: Reserva florestal de Sinharaja
  • Portuguese: Reserva Florestal Sinharaja
  • Russian: Лесной резерват Синхараджа
  • Russian: Синхараджа
  • Russian: Синхарая
  • Serbo-Croatian: Prašuma Sinharaja
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sinharaja
  • Sinhala: rachana
  • Sinhala: Sinharaja Forest Reserve
  • Sinhala: සින්හරාජ රක්ෂිතය
  • Sinhala: සිංහරාජ රක්ෂිතය
  • Sinhala: සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය
  • Sinhala: සිංහරාජ
  • Slovak: Singarádžá
  • Slovak: Sinharadža
  • Spanish: Bosque de Sinharaja
  • Spanish: Reserva de Sinharaja
  • Spanish: Reserva forestal de Sinharaja
  • Spanish: Reserva Sinharaja
  • Spanish: Sinharaja
  • Swedish: Sinharaja skogsreservat
  • Tamil: சிங்கராஜக் காடு
  • Tatar: Синхараҗа урман тыюлыгы
  • Turkish: Sinharaja Orman Rezervi
  • Ukrainian: Сінхараджа
  • Urdu: سنہاراجا جنگل
  • Vietnamese: Khu bảo tồn rừng Sinharaja
  • Vietnamese: Khu Bảo tồn rừng Sinharaja

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