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Deraniyagala

Field	Value
official_name	Deraniyagala
other_name	දැරණියගල
settlement_type	Town
pushpin_map	Sri Lanka
coordinates
pushpin_label_position	bottom
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Sri Lanka
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Sabaragamuwa Province
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Kegalle
subdivision_type3	Sabragamuwa Province
unit_pref	Metric
timezone	Sri Lanka Standard Time
utc_offset	+5:30
postal_code_type	71430
area_code	036

the town in Sri Lanka

Deraniyagala is a town in the Kegalle district in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Deraniyaga city area consists major government administrative offices, textile industries and transportation hub and the district hospital which has seven medical officers including the DMO, Dr N.G.R.R.Senevirathne who upgraded this hospital into a good condition including the ETU with standard facilities. Deraniyagala divisional secretariat area includes 214.6 km2 and population of about 46300. The divisional secretariat includes 26 grama niladari divisions.

Economy

Agriculture is the main source of income for majority of the people. Tea and rubber are main sources of income for people in the area. The main source of food is from rice fields. Apart from tea and rubber, coconut, pepper, cardamom, nutmeg and other minor export crops are farmed throughout the area.

Climate

Deraniyagala has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. It is one of the wettest towns in Sri Lanka.

References

Pavithra. "Divisional Secretariat - Deraniyagala - Divisional Secretariat - Deraniyagala".

Wikipedia Source

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