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Tangalle (Sinhala තංගල්ල, தங்காலை) (also known as Tangalla) is a large town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council.[1]

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  1. 33 relations: Beach, Black-capped kingfisher, Blowhole (geology), Ceylon Today, Colombo, Country, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Dutch Ceylon, Glossy ibis, Green sea turtle, Hambantota District, Hawksbill sea turtle, Hummanaya, Leatherback sea turtle, Loggerhead sea turtle, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mangrove, Matara, Sri Lanka, Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara, Nakulugamuwa, Olive ridley sea turtle, Postal code, Sinhala language, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan junglefowl, Tangalle Boys' School, Tangalle fort, Telephone numbering plan, The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), Town, Urban councils of Sri Lanka, Western reef heron.

  2. Port cities and towns in Sri Lanka
  3. Seaside resorts in Sri Lanka

Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.

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Black-capped kingfisher

The black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia.

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Blowhole (geology)

In geology, a blowhole or marine geyser is formed as sea caves grow landward and upward into vertical shafts and expose themselves toward the surface, which can result in hydraulic compression of seawater that is released through a port from the top of the blowhole.

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Ceylon Today

Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. Tangalle and Colombo are port cities and towns in Sri Lanka.

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Country

A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity.

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Daily News (Sri Lanka)

The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.

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Dutch Ceylon

Dutch Ceylon (ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company.

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Glossy ibis

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a water bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.

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Green sea turtle

The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae.

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Hambantota District

Hambantota District (හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික්කය hambantoṭa distrikkaya; அம்பாந்தோட்டை மாவட்டம் Ampāntōṭṭai māvaṭṭam) is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

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Hawksbill sea turtle

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae.

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Hummanaya

Hummanaya Blowhole is the only known blowhole in Sri Lanka and it is considered to be the second largest blowhole in the world.

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Leatherback sea turtle

The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weights of.

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Loggerhead sea turtle

The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Mahinda Rajapaksa (මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ; மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Matara, Sri Lanka

Matara (translit) is a major city in Sri Lanka, on the southern coast of Southern Province.

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Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara

Mulkirigala Raja Maha Vihara (also known as Mulgirigala Raja Maha Vihara) (මුල්කිරිගල රජමහා විහාරය) is an ancient Buddhist temple in Mulkirigala, Sri Lanka.

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Nakulugamuwa

Nakulugamuwa (නාකුලුගමුව) is a village in the Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.

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Olive ridley sea turtle

The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae.

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Postal code

A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.

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Sinhala language

Sinhala (Sinhala: සිංහල), sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million.

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Southern Province, Sri Lanka

The Southern Province (දකුණු පළාත Dakuṇu Paḷāta, தென் மாகாணம் Theṉ Mākāṇam) of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Sri Lankan junglefowl

The Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii sometimes spelled Gallus lafayetii), also known as the Ceylon junglefowl or Lafayette's junglefowl, is a member of the Galliformes bird order which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the national bird.

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Tangalle Boys' School

Tangalle National Boys' School was established in 1879 and is the oldest Christian missionary school in the Hambantota District.

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Tangalle fort

Tangalle Fort (translit; translit) is a small Dutch fort located in the coastal town of Tangalle, Sri Lanka.

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Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints.

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The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

The Sunday Times is a weekly Sri Lankan broadsheet initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by Wijeya Newspapers.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Urban councils of Sri Lanka

There are 41 Urban councils in Sri Lanka, which are the legislative bodies that preside over the second tier municipalities in the country.

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Western reef heron

The western reef heron (Egretta gularis), also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia.

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See also

Port cities and towns in Sri Lanka

Seaside resorts in Sri Lanka

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangalle