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  Uva Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uva is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,187,335 people, created in 1896.
Uva is borderd by the Eastern, Southern and Central provinces.
Its major tourist attractions are the Yala National Park (lying partly in the Southern and Eastern Provinces) and Gal Oya National Park(lying partly in the Eastern Province).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uva_Province   (230 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Uva Province did well to avoid an innings defeat scoring 363 in their second innings with opener Ian Daniel stroking a superb 125 with fourteen fours and one six.
Uva Province: 235 and 363 (Ian Daniel 125, Anushka Polonowita 37, Dilhara Fernando 2 for 78, Thilina Thushara 2 for 27, Dinuka Hettiarachchi 5 for 86).
Southern Province: 184 and 471 (Sanath Jayasuriya 185, Marvan Atapattu 57, Chamara Silva 51, Rangana Herath 5 for 120, Kumara Dharmasena 3 for 95, Nuwan Kulasekera 2 for 85).
www.dailynews.lk /2004/01/13/spo01.html   (443 words)

  
 Centre for Policy Alternatives
Considering the geographical spread of incidents, the Western Province with a total of 120 or 43.48% of the total is the most incident prone of the six provinces.
In the Western Province a total of 120 incidents are made up of 51 incidents in the Colombo District, 46 in the Gampaha District and 23 in the Kalutara District.
The corresponding figures in the other provinces are - 37 or 13.41% in the Central Province, 34 or 12.32% in the Southern Province, 19 or 6.88% in Sabaragamuwa Province and 11or 3.98% in the North Central Province.
www.cpalanka.org /cmev_5th_July_2004.html   (525 words)

  
 BADULLA - LoveToKnow Article on BADULLA
, the capital of the province of Uva, Ceylon, 54 m.
It is the seat of a government agent and district judge, besides minor courts.
It was in Kandyan times the home of a prince who ruled Uva as a principality.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BADULLA.htm   (248 words)

  
 TO DO! Rationale for the Award - Woodlands Network, Sri Lanka
Parts of Uva Province are situated in the central highlands and the southern lowlands of Sri Lanka.
Responsible tourism is based on the traditional forest culture of Uva Province whose inhabitants are living close to nature in forest areas, in gardens interspersed with woods and in the shadows of forest trees.
The delving into the history and culture of Uva Province and the publications of the findings are a major contribution on the part of WN to promote the cultural identity of the region.
www.studienkreis.org /engl/wettbewerbe/todo/95srilanka.html   (2875 words)

  
 The Sunday Leader Internet Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Muslim political elite from the Sinhala majority provinces who dominate the UNP and PA are also opposed to both the concept of a Muslim majority unit as well as that of the proposed south-eastern unit.
Protracted discussions with the Uva Province about water distribution may take time in times of a crisis while the dryfields would be deprived of water at the essential time.
The Indo-Lanka accord stipulates a referendum for the Eastern Province to ratify or de-link the North-East merger.
www.lanka.net /sundayleader/1997/september/28th/issues.html   (2912 words)

  
 INTRODUCTION
Among Sri Lanka's nine provinces Uva holds an undisputed first place in natural beauty.Its varied topography ranges from elevations of 2100m on the western borders, to the spreading lowlands on its southern,eastern and northern limits.
High mountain chains,steep peaks,precipitous escarpments and majestic waterfalls are few of them the Uva province has within it many of Sri Lanka's outstanding natural sights and wonders.
Other memorable sights in Uva include Lipton's seat and Catherine's seat in the Poonagala hills.These were favourite look out points for Sir Thomas Lipton,the great tea pioneer,when surveying the surrounding region for his tea plantation at Dambatenne,near Haputale.
www.geocities.com /uva_srilanka/natural.html   (207 words)

  
 UVA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uva is a parish in the municipality of Vimioso
ultraviolet-A rays (UV-A) University of Virginia (UVa), in the USA
Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), one of the two universities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UVA   (122 words)

  
 Sri Lanka: Report: Part II: Analytic Section: cont. 2
When the changes in the nine provinces are compared 1990 vis a vis 1997, the efficiency has increased in all the provinces except in the Eastern province where a decrease is seen from 89.8 percent to 79.9 percent.
The increase in the Central province from 83.5 percent to 90.2 percent, and in the Uva province from 82.5 percent to 87.1 percent and in Sabaragamuwa from 85.9 percent to 90.0 percent are noteworthy.
A decrease is evident for the Western Province in the percentage of students achieving mastery in literacy.
www2.unesco.org /wef/countryreports/sri_lanka/rapport_2_1.html   (4665 words)

  
 VISIT UVA PROVINCE-SRI LANKA
Fourth largest of Sri Lanka's nine provinces,Uva is unparalleled in natural beauty.Covering the south eastern parts of the central mountains and surrounding plains, the Uva province offers a tempting variety of diverse attractions to the visitor.
The Uva province has many unspoilt wildness areas rich in animal,bird and plant life.Predominantly(78%) agricultural,the province has a haunting rural charm; outside its few bustling towns,life styles are serene,unhurried and still traditional.
This friendly people of Uva who are of diverse ethnic origins,share a common tradition of hospitality to visitors and will make a stay in the province an enjoyble and enriching experience.
www.geocities.com /uva_srilanka   (146 words)

  
 Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Uva were dismissed for 235 on the first day and Western Province who were 55 for 1 overnight went on to make 423 for 3 at the end of the day with a lead of 188 runs.
Uva Province 235 (Avishka Gunawardena 89, Dilhara Fernando 4 for 33).
Southern Province 184 (Saman Jayantha 50, Kumara Dharmasena 5 for 66).
www.sundayobserver.lk /2004/01/11/spo01.html   (327 words)

  
 Centre for Policy Alternatives
The Western Province has recorded the most number of incidents (178 or 47.72 %) followed by the Uva Province with 59 incidents (15.82 %).
The corresponding figure for the Southern Province is 47 or 12.6%, and for the Central Province it is 42 incidents or 11.26 % of the overall total.
CMEV has recorded two major incidents in the North Central Province, one involving a bomb attack in the Polonnaruwa New Town and another shooting incident in Galenbindunuwewa in the Mihintalaya Polling Division in the Anuradhapura District.
www.cpalanka.org /cmev_8th_July_2004.html   (479 words)

  
 CHOICES Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
But the 48-year-old mother, for whom the glass was always half full, now has an added reason to be optimistic, as she has joined a growing number of farmers using new agricultural techniques that are gradually transforming the terraced contours of Badulla in the Uva Province in South Central Sri Lanka.
The project is not the first in Uva, according to G.A. Keerthiratne, Deputy Chief Secretary, Planning, and Regional Project Manager for the programme, who says that two previous efforts hardly made a dent in the region’s poverty.
Keerthiratne, was that it identified pockets of poverty in the province, explored the causes and formulated projects specifically suited for the area.
www.undp.org /dpa/choices/2004/june/srilanka.html   (1370 words)

  
 Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sujeewa Nilmini Jayasena of Sabaragamuwa Province completed a fine double as she won the gold medal in the women's 10,000 metres final on the penultimate day of track and field events at the 28th National Sports Festival continued at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara on Friday.
Aluvihare of North Western Province who holds the National record as well as the meet record was pushed to the second place while P. Ratnayake of Central Province took the bronze medal.
Central Province clinched the gold medal in the women's table tennis tournament defeating Southern Province 3 nil in the final.
www.sundayobserver.lk /2002/09/15/spo15.html   (571 words)

  
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While the JVP would concede that their spectacular victory is a complete vindication of the UPFA government and their alliance with SLFP, in actual fact these elections have shown that the JVP as a party has emerged as the third political force and will have a larger role to play in the coming years.
But the general elections in April 2004, followed by the elections to Wayambu province and now the provincial elections have shown the trend that the JVP is in the rise.
While the SLFP maintained that the objectives of solving the ethnic problem of Tamils could be achieved by the devolution of power to provinces within a united State, the JVP side held that the same objectives could be met by administrative decentralization to the local authority level.
www.saag.org /notes3/note231.html   (1833 words)

  
 Sri Lanka Accused at UN Commission on Human Rights - March 2000 - Colonisation
In 1901 when the nine provinces came into being, the Tamil administration of the Northern and Eastern Provinces measured approximately 19,100 sq.km Due to some of the area being incorporated into the Sinhalese provinces the Tamil area had been reduced by approximately 7,500 sq.km.
The nine provinces were ruled from Colombo which was the capital, bringing all the provinces under one rule.
Padawiya is in the north of Thumpankadawa in the North Central Province.
www.tamilnation.org /unitednations/uncom00c.htm   (3677 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Central Province went to the top of the Ten Sports provincial cricket tournament after beating Uva Province by an innings on Monday.
North Central Province who are lying third is the other team with a chance of getting through to the final.
Central Province 3 2 1 0 0 0 11.495 43.245 Western Province 4 2 0 1 1 0 14,665 38.665 N. Central Province 3 2 0 1 0 0 13.645 37.645 Southern Province 4 1 0 3 0 0 17.815 29.815 Uva Province 4 1 0 3 0 0 14.920 26.920
www.dailynews.lk /2004/02/05/spo05.html   (193 words)

  
 Nathaniel Hawthorne at The Mad Cybrarian's Library
Egotism; or, The Bosom Serpent (UVa) 1846(35 KB)
Legends of the Province House (UVa) 1837(130 KB)TOC
The May-Pole of Merry Mount (UVa) 1837(30 KB)
www.fortunecity.com /victorian/richmond/88/hawthorne.htm   (431 words)

  
 The Sunday Leader Internet Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He said they have filed action against mendis, Uva Glenn, Globe and Randenigala for alleged imitation of labels to mislead consumers, he felt the tearing of posters may have been undertaken by members of the temperance movement.
However, peries countered that such manufacturers were compelled to close down due to defaulting in paying excise duties, inefficient and corrupt management, and financial problems arising from unethical sales policies which contravened the excise ordinance.
Director of Randenigala Distilleries Lanka, R. Wijewickrema charged that due to DCSL s activities in Uva and other areas, their sales have suffered and they may be compelled to close down.
www.lanka.net /sundayleader/1997/june/8th/business.html   (883 words)

  
 Uva Football Tickets
Uva is a parish in the municipality of Vimioso UVA may stand for:
Uva is Sri Lanka's least populated province, created in 1896.
if you are interested in Uva Football Tickets, you might like:Vacation Hawaii
www.artistbooking.com /trips/211/uva-football-tickets.html   (350 words)

  
 Uva Community Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Uva Provincial Council recruited 20 radio producers representing young people from rural communities in the Uva Province (both Sinhala and Tamil communities).
Four residential workshops were conducted for the station producers; 378 community volunteers were exposed to the community radio concept through 57 field training sessions held in different parts of the Uva Province.
UCR will be linked to a network of community multi-media centers throughout the province, with the objective of introducing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to the poorest citizens in the Uva Province.
www.unites.org /cfapps/wsis/story.cfm?Sid=28   (565 words)

  
 TamilNet: 25.02.00 NorthEast teachers to ease Uva shortage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Uva Provincial Minister of Tamil Education, Hindu Culture, Estate Infrastructure and Tourism, Mr.M.Sachchithanandam, made an urgent appeal to the North Eastern Provincial Council for help to overcome the acute shortage of Tamil medium graduate school teachers in the Uva province.
In a letter to the Chief Secretary of the North East Provincial Council Mr.G.Krishnamoorthy, Uva Provincial Minister Mr.Sachchithanandam has stated that 290 graduates are needed urgently to fill Tamil medium teacher vacancies in upcountry schools.
Last week a delegation of the CTTU met the Provincial Director of Education and lodged its protest and requested to defer its implementation until normalcy returned to the province.
www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=4719   (346 words)

  
 Malaria Risk in Sri Lanka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The availability of long, dense, and reliable records of climate, hydrological, entomological, and malaria incidence and control activity data, as well as socio-economic data for the Uva Province, provides a unique opportunity to study the interactions.
Results from this small area study will be used in the development of a prototype early warning system for Uva Province that may be disseminated to other regions with similar conditions.
The goal is to develop a practical methodology with a view to disseminating it in Sri Lanka and to other regions of low to moderate malaria endemicity with similar transmission conditions.
iri.ldeo.columbia.edu /asia/project/DiseaseSriLanka   (300 words)

  
 Yala Safari, Yala National Park, UVA Province Sri Lanka, Hill Country Sri lanka, Ella Sri Lanka, Kateragama Sri Lanka
Lying in-land from the coastal plain and South of Nuwara Eliya, UVA is the largest province in Sri Lanka.
Badulla is considered to have the best climate in Sri Lanka (apart from its NE monsoon over Christmas) and from here you can travel to Dunhinda Falls, the longest in Sri Lanka, though viewing is via a steep rough path.
Nearby is the Uva Herbarium, a garden dedicated to growing herbs and re-establishing indigenous forest.
www.boutiquesrilanka.com /regions_uva_province_overview.php   (1104 words)

  
 SPFS-Sri Lanka
A site selection from each district (2 districts from North Western Province and 3 districts from Southern Province) were finalised at the end of September 2002;
Project awareness workshops were held in Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces in June 2003;
A site selection from each district (2 districts from Sabaragamuwa Province and 2 districts from Uva Province) were finalised in July/August 2003;
www.fao.org /SPFS/srilanka/stages_en.asp   (198 words)

  
 TamilNet: 06.12.04 Estate hospitals starved of development funds
Financial allocations have been made to improve every Government run hospital in Uva Province.
This situation must change," said United Peoples Front (UPF) Councillor Mr Aravindhan Speaking on the Uva Provincial Council 2005 Budget debate on the Provincial Health Ministry, sources said.
"Hundreds of employees attached to the Uva Province Hospitals continue to work as casual hands for several years.
www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=13562   (423 words)

  
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Samarasinghe has a service record in local government of 13 years.
At present, she holds the position of Provincial Commissioner of Local Government, Ministry of Local Government, Uva Province (since 1993; in the Sri Lanka administrative services since 1987).
Her areas of responsibility include to guide, supervise and monitor the work of 27 local authorities in the Province, to ensure that they provide the proper advice and services to residents in the respective areas.
www.unescap.org /huset/women/swiulg/sri_lanka/samarasinghe.doc   (663 words)

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