Ampara (Tamil அம்பாறை Sinhala අමිපාර) is a remote city on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, about 200 km from the capital city of Colombo. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. Eastern Province ( Tamil: கிழக்கு மாகாணம் Sinhala: Negenahira Palata) is a province of Sri Lanka. It was a part of the domain of Kavantissa (2rd century BCE) and was then known as "Ambaragama", which over the years changed to Ambara → Ampara [1].
Demography
Most of the the civilians are Sinhala and Sri Lankan Moors, while Tamils also live in the coastal parts of the district[2] This was a hunters resting place during colonial days (late 1890s and early 1900). The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka. They speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language and number approximately 15 million people with the The Sri Lankan Moors (also called Muslims, Marakallayos or Sonagar) are the third largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka comprising 9% of the country's Tamil people (also called Tamils or Tamilians) ( are an Ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, a state in India, and the north-eastern During the development of Galoya valley Ampara was transformed into a city, initially it was the residence for the construction workers of the Inginiyagala Dam. Later became main administrative hub of Galoya valley[3].
Maps
References
- ^ Place names in Sri Lanka
- ^ . The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Feb. , 1990), pp. 30-55, and references therein
- ^ Divisional guide of Ampara
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