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1 | Jaffna District ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 9.6667 / 80.1667 | Jaffna District (Yāḻppāṇam Māvaṭṭam; yāpanaya distrikkaya) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the (...) | |
2 | Manipay ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 9.7167 / 80.0 | Manipay or Maanippaai is an affluent town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. The original name of Manipay is Periyapulam.Yaalpaana Charithram by A.Mutthuthambipillai, p.123,Tamil Mann Publication. It was a mission location when the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) came to Sri Lanka in the (...) | |
3 | Martinair Flight 138 ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 1347 Lat/Lng : 6.8923 / 80.4904 | Martinair Flight 138 was a chartered flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Colombo, Sri Lanka. The aircraft was operated on behalf of Garuda Indonesia. On 4 December 1974, the aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-55CF, crashed into a mountain shortly before landing, killing all 191 people aboard – 182 (...) | |
4 | Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 512 Lat/Lng : 7.2979 / 80.6362 | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy (Lat: Dioecesis Kandiensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Sri Lanka) of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Colombo, but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the (...) | |
5 | Maruthamunai ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 7.4167 / 81.8167 | Maruthamunai Is a coastal village located along the eastern coastline, about 358 kilometres away from the capital city, Colombo. The Village has an estimated population of 13,948, predominantly Muslims. Maruthamunai Located in Kalmunai, Ampara District in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. (...) | |
6 | Nawagamuwa Pattini Devalaya ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 6.9241 / 80.018 | The Department of Archaeology (Sri Lanka), declared the Nawagamuwa Pattini Devalaya as an Archaeological Protected Monuments in Colombo District (22 November 2002) for its importance in historical, architectural and anthropological facets.https://www.archaeology (...) | |
7 | Denawaka Ganga Mini Hydro Power Project ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 6.7033 / 80.4497 | Denawaka Ganga Mini Hydro Power Project is a run of river mini hydro power project located in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. The install capacity of the project is 7.2MW and the annual generation is 25GWh. The generated energy is fed into the national electric grid of Sri Lanka. (...) | |
8 | President's College, Maharagama ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 6.8439 / 79.9292 | President's College, or Janadhipathi Vidyalaya Maharagama, established on 18 February 1978 in Maharagama in Colombo district Sri Lanka as a Buddhist school. The school belongs to Maharagama division of Sri Jayawardhanapura educational zone,http://www.moe.gov.lk/english/index (...) | |