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North Western Province is a province in Sri Lanka. Its name in Sinhalese is Wayamba. The province is made up of the districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam. Its capital is Kurunegala.
By train
The province is served by two separate railway lines, both going north-south.
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Colombo · International · CMB
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famous for kitesurfing, dolphin and whale watching and scuba diving. It is located on a 50 km long sand strip which is home to many fishing or agricultural villages, wild beaches, sand dunes, and mangroves
encircled by eight very large rocks, six of which are named after the animals that they are imagined to represent
tourists come to see one of the largest lagoons in the country, Wilpattu National Park, Kalpitiya, and the beaches
an industrial and agricultural processing town with a few tourist attractions nearby
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