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Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura
Administration
Full nameAnuradhapura
Official nameAnuradhapura
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Central Province
DistrictAnuradhapura
Established4th century BC
Demography
Total Population900000 (2001)
Density (pop.)8/km2 (20.7/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneSri Lanka Standard Time Zone (UTC-5)
Postal code50000

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Anuradhapura, ( in Sinhala, in Tamil), is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.

The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic Malvathu Oya. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and one of the eight World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka.

From the 4th century BC, it was the capital of Sri Lanka until the beginning of the 11th century AD. During this period it remained one of the most stable and durable centers of political power and urban life in South Asia. The ancient city, considered sacred to the Buddhist world, is today surrounded by monasteries covering an area of over sixteen square miles (40 km2).

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Attack by the Special BlackTiger Commandos on Anuradhapura SLAF base.
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Gale-force winds hit Anuradhapura - Sunday Times.lk Tweet this news
Sunday Times.lk--Several houses were damaged and the power supply was disrupted in many areas of the -Anuradhapura- District last night owing to heavy gale-force winds that swept the region, an official with the Disaster management Centre (DMC) said today - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:31:30 GMT+00:00
A'pura Sacred City development, preservation: Prelate lauds Defence Secretary - Ceylon Daily News Tweet this news
Ceylon Daily News--Atamasthanadhipathi Ven Dr Pallegama Siriniwasa Nayake Thera thanked Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa for implementing the -Anuradhapura- Sacred City development and preservation activities. The prelate said so when the Defence Sec - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:38:23 GMT+00:00
Vege prices dip at Dambulla - Sunday Times.lk Tweet this news
Sunday Times.lk---...- sending retail prices sky high. "However the situation has now reverted to normal. A large portion of the produce is coming from the districts of Matale, -Anuradhapura-, Polonaruwa, and Nuwara Eliya in the up country&qu - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:17:14 GMT+00:00
President to inaugurate Sambuddhatva Jayanthi year - Ceylon Daily News Tweet this news
Ceylon Daily News--President Mahinda Rajapaksa will inaugurate the 2600th Sambuddhatva Jayanthi year on May 14 at the historic Jaya Shri Maha Bodhi in -Anuradhapura- in all its grandeur and pristine splendour heralding the Sambuddhatva Jayanthi year that - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:50:43 GMT+00:00
Quick Look - Ceylon Daily News Tweet this news
Ceylon Daily News--Heavy rains have caused havoc in the -Anuradhapura- district with showers continuing from last week. Access to some villages was cut off by fallen trees while power failures blocked water supply in many villages. Many houses were also d - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:47:48 GMT+00:00
HSBC ARFU embraces Colombo - ESPN STAR Sports Tweet this news
ESPN STAR Sports--The coaching clinic in Piliyandala featured 25 boys and six girls from the ages of 11 to 18, who also came from the country's four other SOS Children's Villages in Nuwara Eliya, Galle, -Anuradhapura- and Monaragala. There were - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:06:53 GMT+00:00
Mahamewna Uyana being renovated - Daily Mirror Tweet this news
Daily Mirror--To commemorate the Sambudhathwa Jayanthi festival in a fitting manner, the -Anuradhapura's- historic Mahamewna Uyana is being renovated under the guidance of archaeologists and the -Anuradhapura- Atamastana Chief Incumbent, the Cultural - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:20:49 GMT+00:00
Passing out ceremony - Ceylon Daily News Tweet this news
Ceylon Daily News---...- Ratnayaka will participate as special guests, Kalawewa Youth Division Centre Head, Major ND Ilangasinghe said. He also said that those who passed out were from Youth Division Centres of Kekirawa, Kalawewa, -Anuradhapura-, Kantale - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:39:10 GMT+00:00
Awareness program to ease elephant- human conflict - Sunday Observer Tweet this news
Sunday Observer--The focus will be on educating people of the highly affected areas - especially in the Northwestern Province and selected areas of the Southern Province and the -Anuradhapura- district, Dr. Chandrawansa Pathiraja, Director General of the - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:46:23 GMT+00:00
A tour of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa - The Island.lk (subscription) Tweet this news
The Island.lk (subscription)--Our annual pilgrimage to the two sacred cities -Anuradhapura- and Polonnaruwa took place this time on 26th March running into three days consecutively. Being a week-end there were hordes of local pilgrims and also almost a si - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:37:15 GMT+00:00

Ruins of Anuradhapura : Ashiq love Nadha. Al-fayed Love Fida. Inzamam Love Nadha too.

Demographics

Ethnicity Population % Of Total
Sinhalese 51,775 91.42
Sri Lankan Moors 3,825 6.75
Sri Lankan Tamils 850 1.50
Indian Tamils 45 0.08
Other (including Burgher, Malay) 137 0.24
Total 56,632 100

Municipalities and Urban councils of Sri Lanka

MunicipalitiesAnuradhapura * Badulla * Batticaloa * Colombo * Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia * Galle * Gampaha * Jaffna * Kalmunai * Kandy * Kurunegala * Matale * Matara * Moratuwa * Negombo * Nuwara Eliya * Ratnapura * Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Urban councilsAmbalangoda * Ampara * Balangoda * Bandarawela * Beruwala * Boralesgamuwa * Chavakacheri * Chilaw * Embilipitiya * Gampola * Hambantota * Haputale * Hatton-Dickoya * Hikkaduwa * Horana * Ja-Ela * Kadugannawa * Kalutara * Kattankudy * Katunayake-Seeduwa * Kegalle * Kesbewa * Kinniya * Kolonnawa * Kuliyapitiya * Maharagama * Minuwangoda * Nawalapitiya * Panadura * Peliyagoda * Point Pedro * Puttalam * Seethawakapura * Talawakele-Lindula * Tangalle * Trincomalee * Valvettithurai * Vavuniya * Wattala-Mabola * Wattegama * Weligama

Cities in Sri Lanka

CapitalsColombo (commercial) * Sri Jayawardenapura (national)
Other citiesAnuradhapura * Trincomalee * Jaffna * Kandy * Polonnaruwa * Galle * Batticaloa * Boralesgamuwa * Nuwara Eliya * Negombo * Kurunegala * Badulla * Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia * Moratuwa * Matara * Maharagama * Ratnapura

Provincial capitals of Sri Lanka

Colombo * Kandy * Galle * Jaffna * Trincomalee * Kurunegala * Anuradhapura * Badulla * Ratnapura |

World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka

Anuradhapura * Galle and its Fortifications * Golden Temple of Dambulla * Kandy * Polonnaruwa * Sigiriya * Sinharaja Forest Reserve



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