Uva

The Uva Province is one of the nine provinces of . The province has an area of 8,500 km2 and a population of 1,266,463, making it the 2nd least populated province.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Badulla and Udawalawe National Park.

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is the capital city of Uva Province, in . It is not a beautiful city, but it is set in a beautiful landscape, and it has a functional, working-class authenticity often missed in more tourist-oriented Sri Lanka.

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Udawalawe is a national park which lies on the boundary of and Uva provinces in . It is famous for its large wild elephant population, making an excellent destination for safari-style tours.

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is a pilgrimage town sacred to Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous Vedda people of . People from also go there to worship. The town has the temple, a shrine dedicated to Skanda Kumara also known as deviyo.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Ella and Haputale.

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is a beautiful small town in Uva province on the southern edge of 's Hill Country. It is popular with tourists and makes a great base from which to explore the surrounding countryside.

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is a city in Uva, in the central mountain area of . It is known for its many Tea estates around, where one can walk virtually for several weeks without ever taking the same path twice.

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is the second largest town in the which is 28 km away from . is 200 km away from and about 125 km away from , the two largest cities of Sri Lanka.

Uva

Latitude of center
7.0789° or 7° 4′ 44″ north
Longitude of center
81.3365° or 81° 20′ 12″ east
Population
1,260,000
Elevation
666 metres (2,185 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4354962371
Geo­Names ID
1225265
Wiki­data ID
Q876293
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Welsh—“Uva” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኡቫ ክልል”
  • Arabic: “محافظة يوفا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة يوفا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uva əyalətinin”
  • Bengali: “উভা প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Ува”
  • Catalan: “Província d’Uva”
  • Catalan: “Província de Uva”
  • Cebuano: “Province of Uva”
  • Central Bikol: “Probinsya kan Uva”
  • Chinese: “乌沃省”
  • Chinese: “烏沃省”
  • Dutch: “Uva”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Uva”
  • Finnish: “Uva”
  • French: “Province d’Uva”
  • French: “Uva”
  • Georgian: “უვის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Uva”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία της Ούβα”
  • Hausa: “Lardin Uva”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אובה”
  • Hindi: “उवा प्रान्त”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Uva”
  • Italian: “Uva”
  • Japanese: “ウバ州”
  • Javanese: “Provinsi Uva”
  • Kazakh: “Ува облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Ува облусу”
  • Korean: “우바주”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Uva”
  • Marathi: “उवा प्रांत”
  • Nepali: “उवा प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uva”
  • Oromo: “Gobalka Uva”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਵਾ ਸੂਬਾ”
  • Persian: “استان یووا”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Uwa”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Uva”
  • Portuguese: “Uva”
  • Pushto: “اوا ولایت”
  • Russian: “Ува”
  • Sinhala: “Uva”
  • Sinhala: “ඌව පළාත”
  • Sinhala: “ඌව”
  • Slovenian: “Uva”
  • Somali: “Gobalka Uva”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Uva”
  • Spanish: “Provincia Uva”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Uva”
  • Swedish: “Uvaprovinsen i Sri Lanka”
  • Swedish: “Uvaprovinsen”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ува”
  • Tamil: “ஊவா மாகாணசபை”
  • Tamil: “ஊவா மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “ஊவா”
  • Tatar: “Ува өлкәсе”
  • Turkish: “Uva”
  • Ukrainian: “Ува”
  • Urdu: “اووا صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Uva viloyati”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Uva”

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