Haldummulla

Coordinates: 6°45′55″N 80°53′21″E / 6.76528°N 80.88917°E / 6.76528; 80.88917
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Haldummulla
හල්දුම්මුල්ල
town
Haldummulla is located in Sri Lanka
Haldummulla
Haldummulla
Coordinates: 6°45′55″N 80°53′21″E / 6.76528°N 80.88917°E / 6.76528; 80.88917
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceUva Province
DistrictBadulla District
Elevation
1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5:30

Haldummulla (Sinhala: හල්දුම්මුල්ල) is a town in the Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

A landslide damaged a large part of the town in 2014.

Places[change | change source]

  • Bambarakanda Falls
  • Ohiya and Horton Plains via Kalupahana and Udaweriya Estate

Portuguese Fort[change | change source]

Portugal created a fort made of stone in the 1600s. It is also known as the Katugodalla fort. It was used to block invasions. Only the foundations of the fort are still there. The fort was named a Archaeological Protected Monument in November 2002.[4][5][6]

References[change | change source]

  1. Divisional Secretariats Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Archeology Projects" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  3. Herbal gardens Archived 2009-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Gazette". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1264. 22 November 2002.
  5. "3000-year-old burial ground discovered from a high ground in Sri Lanka". 28 August 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  6. "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1505: 10. 6 July 2007.