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	North Western Province, Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		North Western Province, or "Wayamba" as it is known in Sri Lanka is a province of Sri Lanka.
		The south of the province is wetter, with almost 2000 mm of rainfall per year, but the north of the province is one of the driest regions in Sri Lanka, averaging under 1000 mm of rain in parts.
		The Wayamba province is a treasure house of archaeology having been seat of four medieval kingdoms of Sri Lanka between the mid 12th and mid 14th centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka (1217 words)

	Western Province, Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Western Province is the most densely populated part of Sri Lanka.
		It is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenapura as well to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center.
		This Sri Lankan location article is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka (79 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Western Ghats & Sri Lanka - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Western Ghats of southwestern India and the highlands of southwestern Sri Lanka, separated by 400 kilometers, are strikingly similar in their geology, climate and evolutionary history.
		Sri Lanka is a continental island separated from southern India by the 20-meter-deep Palk Strait.
		The western slopes of the mountains experience heavy annual rainfall (with 80 percent of it falling during the southwest monsoon from June to September), while the eastern slopes are drier; rainfall also decreases from south to north.
	www.biodiversityhotspots.org /xp/Hotspots/ghats (573 words)

	Sri Lanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sri Lanka's population is highly educated with a literacy rate of 96%, higher than that typical of a third world country and one of the highest rates in South Asia.
		The ancient and famous Sri Dalada Maligawa or "Temple of the Tooth" is the principal Buddhist Temple in Sri Lanka, and by tradition houses the Tooth of Buddha.
		Sri Lankans have not stopped practicing their culture and traditions, but they have added western options to the customary diet such as Rice and Curry, Pittu (mixture of fresh rice meal, very lightly roasted and mixed with fresh grated coconut, then steamed in a bamboo mould).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sri_Lanka (4882 words)

	Sri Lanka Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Sri Lanka is a Democratic Socialist Republic and the population is a mix of languages and religions.
		The Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion, which, like the neighbouring East Deccan dry evergreen forests of India's Coromandel Coast, is characterized by evergreen trees, rather than the dry-season deciduous trees that predominate in most other tropical dry broadleaf forests.
		Sri Lankan Tamils constitute 18%, and though scattered evenly throughout the country, form a large proportion in the north, east and central provinces.
	www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Sri_Lanka (3861 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: Magnificent Wilpattu
		Snakebite is also a very common accident in Sri Lanka which, with a population of 19 million, suffers hundreds of snakebite fatalities each year and has earned the dubious reputation of being the country with the highest annual snakebite death rate, per capita, in the world.
		Here the ultimate aim is to produce a specific antivenom for Sri Lanka Russell’s viper bite from the venom of Sri Lankan Russell’s vipers, thereby increasing the efficiency of the available treatment and reducing the unpleasant side effects that resulted from large doses of Indian antivenom.
		The Sri Lankan Russell’s viper (Daboia russelli russelli) is the snake at the centre of an epidemic.
	www.lankalibrary.com /wlife/snakes4.htm (2592 words)

	LankaWeb News
		The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress would insist that Northern and Eastern provinces should be de-merged from each other to implement any peace process in Sri Lanka, the party’s leader Rauf Hakeem told a Muslim youth conference in Puttalama.
		Party sources said the Muslim leader told the Sri Lanka Muslim Youth Conference of Wanni held at Puttalama in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka that in whatever peace process the two provinces should be treated and administratively run separately since the Muslims considered the Eastern province their homeland.
		The multi-ethnic Eastern Province, which roughly contains an equally divided population of the Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims, was temporarily merged with the Tamil dominated Northern Province under the Indo-Lanka Pact by the former President the late Junius Jayewardene, the uncle of the current Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items02/020902-1.html (579 words)

	Sri Lanka bird & wildlife conservation holiday. World's best responsible & ecotourism holidays
		The project is based at the Kalpitiya Peninsular in the Western Province of Sri Lanka in the Puttalam District.
		Sri Lanka has over 450 species of birds recorded of which nearly 27 species are endemic to the island.
		Kalpitiya is a peninsular that separates the Puttalam lagoon from the Indian Ocean and is a marine sanctuary with a diversity of habitats ranging from bar reefs, flat coastal plains, saltpans, mangroves swamps, salt marshes and vast sand dune beaches.
	www.responsibletravel.com /Trip/Trip900525.htm (1238 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Western Ghats & Sri Lanka - Conservation Action
		The identification of KBAs in the Western Ghats was initiated in 2003, coordinated locally by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), and in collaboration with The Wildlife Conservation Society-India and the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore.
		In the Sri Lankan portion of the hotspot, most of the remaining habitat is officially protected by the Forest Department (FD) and the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC).
		In Sri Lanka, 92 Key Biodiversity Areas have been identified through a process coordinated by the Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka and the University of Peradeniya, and involving a number of experts.
	www.conservation.org /xp/Hotspots/ghats/conservation.xml (1109 words)

	Warning bells in Sri Lanka
		WHEN Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga assumed the Presidency of Sri Lanka four and a half years ago, she kindled many hopes in what then appeared to many a benighted country brutally battered by war since 1983.
		The P.A. barely managed to retain the Western province, Sri Lanka's largest and richest, with a quarter of its population and 45 per cent of its GDP.
		Sri Lanka's public finances are a mess, with the fiscal deficit almost 10 per cent of GDP, export growth plummeting to 2 per cent from 8, and prices of essential goods rising sharply.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/fline/fl1609/16090990.htm (2170 words)

	Annual Forestry and Environment Symposium, Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The main objective of this study is to find the amount of sawmilling wastage of popular sawn timber species used in the sawmills situated in the Western Province of Sri Lanka.
		Fifteen sawmills were selected out of 345 registered sawmills in the western province by using a random sampling method.
		The percentage loss in conversion of sawmills in Western Province is 55.7%.
	www.sjp.ac.lk /forestry/sympo/9724weer.htm (368 words)

	Islamset - Support for the elderly in Sri Lanka
		It should also be noted that the Western Province, which includes the capital, Colombo, is better equipped with health and other services than the rest of the country.
		In Sri Lanka the government is the main provider of health care, and per capita expenditure on health in 1993 was only US$ 8 (2).
		The data available on Sri Lanka show that health status is positively influenced by more contact with family, better financial status, being employed, and being satisfied with the physical environment.
	www.islamset.com /healnews/aged/Dulitha.html (544 words)

	Sri Lanka, 6 - 28 - 2006: Sri Lanka's Western Province to remove private buses with less than 30 seats
		June 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Western Province Passenger Transport Authority has decided to remove all private buses with less than 30 seats from public transport by the end of this year.
		There were 982 such mini buses plying on the roads of the Western Province but only 205 of them have yet been removed from passenger transport.
		However, news organizations or broadcasters in Sri Lanka may republish the news items in ColomboPage with proper acknowledgment to ColomboPage.
	www.colombopage.com /archive/June28140156SL.html (248 words)

	Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The IUCN (2002) in its Compendium Report of High Priority Areas — Sri Lanka c omponent identified the Puttalam lagoon area as a high priority area for conservation and had identified several critical conservation needs that has to be addressed to safe guard the unique ecosystems at Kalpitiya.
		As a first stage in its long term plans to establish a research and conservation project for Kalpitiya the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (www.SLWCS.org) is in the process of conducting a winter migration and non-migrant season bird census in the “at-risk” Kalpitiya coastal wetlands.
		The intention is to continue the census through the migratory and non-migratory seasons to get a good species account and also a good understanding of the temporal and spatial distribution of birds in the Kalpitiya area and to identify habitats critical for their survival.
	www.slwcs.org /projects/kalpitiya (569 words)

	Western Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In accordance with the policy of developing powers of the Government of Sri Lanka the Provincial Council of the Western Province was one of the 8 Provincial Councils of Island that was established in terms of the 13
		The administrative and commercial capital city of Sri Lanka and important institutions including the International Air Port are located in this Province.
		It is a unique Province which has highly developed urban areas as well as very difficult rural areas with broad economic and social disparities.
	www.wpc.gov.lk (93 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Born in Galayaya, a village close to Pannala town in the North-Western Province of Sri Lanka, Venerable Piyadassi entered the Buddhist Order as a little boy and received his Higher Ordination at the age of twenty three.
		Further the establishment of Sri Lanka Children's Educational Foundation, Interfaith Society and UK Buddhist Day celebrations can be included among his religious and community services.
		With the help of loyal devotees and generous donors he founded a centre in Sri Lanka for the children who have lost their parents due to the war in the North of Sri Lanka.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/11/28/fea04.html (823 words)

	Singer Inter-Provincial Trophy, 1990 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Southern Province v North Western Province at Galle International Stadium, 15-17 Jun 1990
		Western Province (Sri Lanka) v Central Province at Colombo, 15-17 Jun 1990
		North Western Province v Western Province (Sri Lanka) at Kurunegala, 29 Jun-1 Jul 1990
	usa.cricinfo.com /db/ARCHIVE/1990/SL_LOCAL/SIPT (125 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Resources - References - Western Ghats and Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Sri Lankan Shrub Frogs of the Genus Philautus Gistel, 1848.
		Conservation assessment of the freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Bracyura: Parathelphusidae) of Sri Lanka.
		Daniels, R.J.R. Endemic fishes of the Western Ghats and the satpura hypothesis.
	www.biodiversityhotspots.org /xp/Hotspots/resources/references/ghats.xml (654 words)

	4. URGENT APPEAL - SRI LANKA: A TEN-YEAR-OLD PUPIL ASSAULTED BY HIS SCHOOLTEACHER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		We urges your immediate intervention by writing to the Department of Education Western Province of Sri Lanka and the Zonal Director of Education to initiate an investigation into the incident and take appropriate measures for violation of the department's circular.
		It was also discovered that there have been admissions of school children to Kalutara Nagoda hospital involving physical assault allegedly perpetrated by school staff of the same school, according to a letter sent by the hospital authorities to the school principal.
		This incident is a clear violation of the fundamental laws and protection of human rights in Sri Lanka.
	www.ahrchk.net /js/mainfile.php/0425/945 (1062 words)

	Travellingbirder.com :: View topic - [Sri Lanka] Help for Census of "At Risk" wetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society is looking for participants to help conduct a winter migration and non-migrant season bird census in the "at-risk" Kalpitiya coastal wetlands in the western province of Sri Lanka.
		The Kalpitiya coastal area has been earmarked for immediate tourism development and it is imperative to conduct this study to identify the habitats critical for the migrant and non-migrant birds.
		SLWCS is a fully registerd 501-3c non-profit in USA and also registered in Sri Lanka.
	www.travellingbirder.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=317 (272 words)

	Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Overview: This project is based at the Kalpitiya peninsular in the tropical island of Sri Lanka.
		You will work with the field scientists of the Sri Lankan Wildlife Conservation Society to conduct surveys, ecological studies of the migrant and resident birds, and help develop a bird map using both direct and non-direct observational methods, remote sensing and GIS.
		Location: The project is based at the Kalpitiya Peninsular in the Western Province of Sri Lanka in the Puttalam District.
	www.slwcs.org /projects/kalpitiya/volunteer.html (2082 words)

	SIDA Funded Projects - Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The research has been highly specialized in the areas of fisheries biology, aquaculture, coral reef ecology, nutrient cycling and chemistry, physical oceanography, the environmental fate of pesticides and the socio-economy of coastal communities.
		One is the study of the distribution, diversity and status (degree of human disturbance) of the coral reefs of Sri Lanka.
		The other project is a study of two rivers in the country, and the input of pollutants by these rivers into the coastal areas.
	www.nsf.ac.lk /sida/marine.htm (212 words)

	Holiday apartments in Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Holiday apartments in Sri Lanka, for your self catering apartment in Dehiwala, Columbo, Sri Lanka.
		Renting a holiday apartment in Sri Lanka gives you the opportunity of a lifetime to discover a destination of other-worldliness on a tropical island that has landscapes and scenery as diverse as the history and culture of this fascinating land, none more so than in the Western Province.
		Holiday accommodation in Sri Lanka is highly sought after for its versatility and potential, not to mention its guaranteed comfort and convenient locations close to the superb amenities that exist making life easy, particularly when you choose a self catering apartment.
	www.ownersdirect.co.uk /Sri-Lanka-Western-Province-2bed.htm (135 words)

	DR.THEJA Australian Institute of Vedic Studies \| Vedic Astrology Circle \| Consultant Astrologer
		I was born on the 27 April 1951 to a traditional Buddhist family in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.
		This programme was able to give a lot of courage and knowledge to Sri Lanka in the Gem trade to treat the stones on their own rather than selling it to Thailand.
		Project management and setting up the Sri Lanka Gem and Jewellery Exchange (21 st Exchange in the world) and to be the first CEO – 1990.
	www.consultantastrologer.com /main_about.htm (2876 words)

	Family Business Garden Colombo Sri Lanka
		The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2001 shows that urban population has risen and the highest urban population of 54.7% is concentrated in the Colombo district.
		As a result of high population growth urban poverty, poor health and housing facilities, waste disposal problems and environment degradation are on the rise.
		In mitigating these challenges Department of Agriculture (Western Province) Sri Lanka, launched the concept of Family Business Garden (FBG) through different practical terms in 2000.
	www.cityfarmer.org /Colombo.html (905 words)

	Biography
		Mangal Jayakody was born in Sri Lanka as the eighth child in a family of nine.
		His mother raised her nine children with a lot of love and care after his father, a police officer passed away when Mangal was two years old.
		Mangal studied at Maliyadeva Collage, the largest and the most prestigious secondary boys' school in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka.
	home.earthlink.net /~donmangalj/biography.htm (409 words)

	Sri Lanka
		In 2001, the Thematic Group in Sri Lanka has been re-activated and has started collecting information for an inventory of past projects and programmes in food security and agriculture implemented in the country since 1997.
		These future Group activities formed the basis of discussions at the recent Group meeting on 8 March, but members also explored the possibility of supporting the implementation of FAO's Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) in the near future.
		The Programme is now in operation in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka.
	www.rdfs.net /countries/srilanka_en.htm (107 words)

	Viator.com : Sri Lanka Camping Adventure, in Colombo
		Begin your Camping Adventure with a city tour of Colombo and then proceed to North Western province of Sri Lanka where you will check in at the Kudarama, which is a luxurious permanent tented campsite.
		Leave for a visit to Anawilandawa the gateway to the unlocked beauty of the west coast and also visit the Ramsar wetland with a cascading tank system dating back to the 12th century A.D. Enjoy a cruise in the Dutch Canal which is an ancient canal network built by the Dutch.
		After a city tour of Colombo, proceed towards the Puttalam district in the North Western province of Sri Lanka.
	www.viator.com /tours/Colombo/3715CAMP/Sri-Lanka-Camping-Adventure (654 words)

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