Lunugala

Lunugala
ලුණුගල லுணுகலை
The Madolsima region of Lunugala
The Madolsima region of Lunugala
Interactive map of Lunugala
Coordinates: 7°2′0″N 81°12′0″E / 7.03333°N 81.20000°E / 7.03333; 81.20000
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceUva
DistrictBadulla
Government
 • Pradeshiya SabaLunugala Pradeshiya Sabava
 • Pradesiya Sabapathino
Population
 • Total
31,381[Census of population Housing SL2,012]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
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Lunugala is a town in the Sri Lankan province of Uva. There are 28 Grama Niladhari Divisions in the Lunugala Divisional Secretariat Division

The town is placed in middle of a mountain range. It was called "Pattipola" (Sinhala: පට්ටිපොල) in the past. Its main agricultural product is tea. There are many beautiful tea estates in Lunugala as Adawatta Estate, Park Estate, Hopton Estate, Showlands Estate and Madolsima Plantation. Additionally people cultivate pepper, cinnamon and cacao.

Madolsima Village

Society & Population Distribution

Basically the society of lunugala consists of three major types—Sinhala, Tamil and Muslims. These people live peacefully together. In some places there are cross marriages as Tamil-Muslims, Muslim-Sinhala and Tamil-Sinhala.

Religion in Lunugala DS Division (2012)
  1. Buddhist (41.4%)
  2. Hindu (48.7%)
  3. Muslim (3.99%)
  4. Roman Catholic (4.76%)
  5. Other Christian (1.19%)
  6. Other (0.00%)


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Religious places

Hospitals

Public banks

References

  1. ↑ Facebook
  2. ↑ Twitter
  3. ↑ Divisional Secretariat Archived 2009-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Survey in the Lunugala[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "Sri Lanka Census Map". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  6. ↑ Lunugala Central College

7°02′N 81°12′E / 7.033°N 81.200°E / 7.033; 81.200