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Balangoda

Field	Value
name	Balangoda
native_name	බළන්ගොඩ
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settlement_type	Town
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pushpin_map_caption	Location in Sri Lanka
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Sri Lanka
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Sabaragamuwa Province
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Ratnapura District
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unit_pref	Metric
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population_as_of	2001
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
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Balangoda is a town in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an urban council located 143 km away from Colombo and 43 km from Ratnapura on Colombo - Batticaloa Highway(A4). It is one of the largest towns of the Sabaragamuwa Province. According to the 2001 census, Balangoda has a population of 16,875 and area of 16.2 km2. According to 2012 census data Balangoda DS Division's religious composition is as follows Buddhists 63,203-77.49%, Hindus 9,528-11.68%, Islam 6,211-7.61%, Roman Catholics 1,834-2.25%, Other Christians 782-0.96%, Others 5-0.01%.

Balangoda is notable due to the discovery of skeletal Hominini remains from the late Quaternary period (the earliest reliably dated record of anatomically modern humans in South Asia). The town is also the birthplace of Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero and Sirimavo Bandaranaike (the world's first female head of government) the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960–65, 1970–77 and 1994–2000).

Balangoda is situated in the hilly central region of central Sri Lanka on Sabaragamuwa Mountain Range. The main livelihoods of this region are farming (vegetables, fruits, and spices), rice cultivation for mainly local consumption, tea cultivation for international markets as a commercial crop and gem mining.

Education

Universities

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Schools

The main schools in the area are:

R/Balangoda Ananda Maithreya Central College(National School) - The Best School in Balangoda Area.Founded by Balangoda Ananda Maithreya Thero.
Jeilani Central College(National School)
Balangoda Kanaganayagam Tamil Central College
Vidyaloka Maha Vidyalaya
R/B/C.C.Tamil Maha Vidyalyam
Meddakanda Maha Vidyalaya
Meddekanda Tamil Vidyalaya
R/Bulathgama Vidyalaya
R/Rassagala Maha Vidyalaya
R/Rathamalavinna M.V.
Sri Buddha Jayanthi Central College
Sri Shariputhra Maha Vidyalaya
St Agnes Balika Maha Vidyalaya (St. Agnes Convent)
Udagama Maha Vidyalaya
Walagamba Maha Vidyalaya-Weligepola

References

Deraniyagala, Siran U.. (1996). "Pre- and Protohistoric settlement in Sri Lanka". [[International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences.
Kennedy, Kenneth A. R.. (2000). "God-Apes and Fossil Men: Paleoanthropology of South Asia". University of Michigan Press.
Fernando, Thilak. (24 September 1994). "Face to face with late Ven. Aggamaha Panditha Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero". The Island - Saturday Magazine.
"Sirimavo R.D. Bandaranaike (prime minister of Sri Lanka)". BRITANNICA-Online.
(10 October 2000). "Sirimavo Bandaranaike: First woman premier". BBC News.

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