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	Ratnapura â“ FREE Ratnapura Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		Located in a rubber- and rice-producing area, Ratnapura is Sri Lanka's major precious-stone center, with ruby and sapphire mines and an important gem-cutting industry.
		The state-run Daily News, quoting state officials in worst-hit Ratnapura district and the adjoining areas of Hambabtota and Matara, put the death toll at 141.
		The Washington Times; 2/16/1997; 31 words; Weeping mourners jam the streets of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, yesterday for the cremation of parliament member Nalanda Ellawala, 29, slain Tuesday during a roadside quarrel.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Ratnapur.html (818 words)

	Ratnapura Sri Lanka - The City of Gems
		Ratnapura Sri Lanka - The City of Gems
		Ratnapura is situated at the foot of the 2243 metre high Adam's Peak.
		Ratnapura is also the staring point for the 'Classic' Hard route up Adam's Peak, via Gilimale and Carney estate.
	www.tourslanka.com /Ratnapura.htm (341 words)

	Ratnapura, Sri Lanka: Gem Kingdom of Sri Lanka
		Ratnapura, Sri Lanka: Gem Kingdom of Sri Lanka
		Ratnapura is also an area for excellent rubber and tea plantations.
		Located within the city limits, the Gem Museum of Ratnapura is the ideal place to learn about the vast variety of gems, stone cutting and the gem industry in general.
	www.srilankaleisureguide.com /ratnapura.html (485 words)

	Illicit gem mining destroys lives in Sri Lanka - Newindpress.com
		Ratnapura is where 60 people were buried in landslides induced by unchecked excavations last year.
		Ratnapura, which in Sinhala means "city of gems", is located 100 km southeast of Colombo.
		While the national average is 23.9 percent, 37.4 percent of Ratnapura's population falls in the "poor" bracket, evidence that the region's flourishing trade is only making the rich richer while the impoverished continue to suffer.
	www.newindpress.com /NewsItems.asp?ID=IEH20040526125044&Page=H&Title=&Topic=0& (860 words)

	Ratnapura Travel, Ratnapura Tour, Gems of Ratnapura
		Ratnapura which can be literally translated as 'The City of Gems' is located at the foot of Sri Pada or Adam's Peak.
		While visiting Ratnapura museums or many of the workshops, you will get to see an array of precious stones like rubies, sapphires, topaz, garnets, etc. The city hosts several private gem museums and gem cutting centres which also operate as sales outlets.
		It is said to be inspired by Joseph Vaz the Apostle of Ceylon during the 17th century when he came to Ratnapura as a part of his apostolic mission to Sabaragamuwa.
	sri-lanka.saarctourism.org /ratnapura.html (725 words)

	Ratnapura - City of Gem in Sri Lanka
		The gem-mining centre of Sri Lanka is also a major crossroad between southern plains and the hill country to the east.
		Situated 70 km south of Ratnapura the park is located in the Dry Zone and comprises of grasslands and thorn scrubs and many valuable species of trees.
		About 30kM from Ratnapura is the last remaining portion of rain forest of the country, the Sinharaja Forest.
	www.explorelanka.com /places/sab/ratnapura.htm (661 words)

	Rathnapura city - gift delivery in Sri Lanka
		Ratnapura (Gem City) is the capital of Ratnapura District in the Sabargamuwa Province.
		Ratnapura is in a low lying area and is constantly subject heavy floods when Kalu Ganga overflows during the rainy season.
		Ratnapura is in the vicinity of Sri Pada and several ancient roués to Sri Pada were through Ratnapura.
	www.lanka.info /Sri_Lanka/cities/ratnapura_rathnapura.jsp (225 words)

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	Pilot Guides.com: Shopping in Ratnapura, the City of Gems
		Ratnapura the ‘City of Gems' is Sri Lanka’s treasure chest, an Aladdin’s Cave of jewels and wealth and the centre of its gemming industry.
		According to the Arabian Nights, Ratnapura is a lofty mountain and a deep valley with deep rapids, cascades and waterfalls.
		The National Museum of Ratnapura is housed in the famous Ehelapola Walawwa on the Colombo Road in Ratnapura where the process of gem mining is displayed through a model.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/asia/sri_lanka_and_the_maldives/ratnupara_gems.php (470 words)

	Ratnaloka Tours Inn ï¿½ One of the Luxury Hotels in Sri Lanka, the star class hotel in Ratnapura
		Ratnaloka Tour Inn, the only star class hotel situated in the city of gems in Sri Lanka is located in a tranquil village called Kosgala (around 8 kilometers away from the city of Ratnapura).
		Ratnapura which is 101 kilometers away form Colombo is always a blessing to the pearl of the Indian Ocean.
		With it's charm environment the Ratnaloka Tour Inns always ensures their unique ability to provide a totally relaxed holiday experience by touching the hearts of the guests whoever who chooses this hotel to spend a holiday.
	www.ratnaloka.com (107 words)

	SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest and detention and brutal assault of civilian by Ratnapura Police
		Daluwattalage Gamini Weerasinghe was assaulted and arbitrarily arrested by the Ratnapura police officers right after he and his friends fought with another group of people by accident while they were enjoying themselves at the public bathing spot.
		Daluwattalage Gamini Weerasinghe and another one of his friends were brutally violated and taken to the Ratnapura police station by those who were involved in the fighting with the victim and told the victim that they were from the police.
		The victim was arrested by the Ratnapura police on a fabricated charge, and the case lodged to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is in the process under the case number HRC 182906.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2007/2272 (1404 words)

	TamilNet: 19.04.08 Tamil woman arrested at politico's funeral in Ratnapura
		Ratnapura police Thursday arrested a Tamil woman attending a funeral event of a leading member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
		Police said she was taken in for questioning on suspicion that she being a member of the LTTE, reports from Ratnapura said.
		She is being detained and interrogated to ascertain whether she had arrived in Ratnapura to cause harm to politicians attending the funeral, police sources said.
	www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=25346 (260 words)

	Blue Fire Lanka
		Ratnapura is the gem capital of Sri Lanka and is far away from all civil unrest that you may have seen in the news.
		Ratnapura is located in a peaceful hillside setting at an altitude of about 1,500 feet above sea level.
		Gem mines litter the surrounding countryside and produce some of the worlds finest blue sapphires, pink sapphires, yellow sapphires, purple sapphires, color change sapphires, chrysoberyl, chrysoberyl cat's eye, garnet, spinel, zircon, crystals and at least 30 other varieties of gem stones.
	www.bluefirelanka.com /index.htm (185 words)

	Ratnapura Sri Lanka - Ratnapura. Gem capital of Ceylon.
		Ratnapura is not a particularly distinguished town in anything but it's gem trade.
		It is here that people gather from all the gemfields across Sri Lanka to trade the yields of their hard labour.
		The highland rainforest of Singaraja, near Ratnapura is accessible only by foot, and has potential for many an enjoyable hike.
	www.globosapiens.net /travel-information/Ratnapura-598.html (414 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News
		A student of St. Aloysius College, Ratnapura who came first in the island at the Grade 5 scholarship examination, says if lessons are followed attentively in class, private tuition classes are not necessary.
		This 10-year-old boy from Ratnapura also thanked his parents for their support.
		Anjana's father is a businessman and mother, a clerk attached to Ratnapura Municipal Council.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/10/04/new13.html (232 words)

	Ratnapura
		This paper highlights the present solid waste management problem in Ratnapura which is one of the main city in Sabaragamuwa province in Sri Lanka.
		population in Ratnapura MC in 1995 - 52,716
		Ratnapura is pleased to receive a new site that is a substantial environmental improvement over present conditions and to be able to expand our collection service area at the same time.
	www.gef.or.jp /20club/E/ratnap.htm (1641 words)

	Ceylon's Gem Mines
		Ratnapura (Singhalese for ‘gem town’) lies about 100 kilometers southeast of Colombo.
		Recently a 5000-carat cat’s-eye chrysoberyl, the size of a man’s fist, was taken from a mine near Ratnapura.
		Disturbing the gravels with poles causes waste to float away, leaving gems to be gathered from river bed.
	www.palagems.com /ceylon_sapphire_bancroft.htm (1313 words)

	Fr. Cletus Perera installed as Bishop of Ratnapura
		Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, Superior of the Benedictine Fraternity at Monte Fano, Kandy, and currently the Conventual Prior of the Sylvestro Benedictine Congregation in Sri Lanka, was installed as Bishop of Ratnapura at a simple ceremony on July 28.
		The new bishop will be the shepherd of the 21,855 Catholics in the diocese of Ratnapura.
		He is the third bishop of Ratnapura - Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith was the first, followed by Rt.
	www.sundaytimes.lk /070805/Plus/pls23.html (312 words)

	Visiting a God: Pilgrimage to Sri Pada
		I chose the latter because, though longer and steeper, it is the classical route.
		Arriving in the gem city of Ratnapura, I checked in at the Kalawathie Hotel, which has a wonderful botanical garden and facilities for Ayurvedic treatment, herbal bath and massage before and after the climb.
		I later spoke with the chief lay custodian of the Ratnapura temple, a man named Tennekoon, who told me that Saman granted pilgrims what they had in mind.
	sripada.org /nitzsche.htm (2275 words)

	TamilNet: 05.02.07 Ratnapura attacks spark strike by plantation workers
		Seven housing units belonging to Tamil plantation workers in Farm Garden Estate in Ratnapura were destroyed by fire Friday night at 8:30 p.m.
		In late April 2006, 84 housing units of Tamil plantation workers in Bambegama Estate in Ratnapura district were destroyed by Sinhalese attackers.
		In late December, a bus was way laid at the Sinhala town of Nivitigala and all Tamil passengers were severely assaulted by a group of Sinhalese.
	www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=21138 (669 words)

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