Sabaragamuwa Province

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Country Sri Lanka Admitted 14 November 1987 Largest city Ratnapura ISO 3166 code Sri Lanka		Created 1889 Capital Ratnapura Area 4,968 km²

Area rank 8th (7.46% of total area) Colleges and Universities Sabaragamuwa University, ATI Kegalle Points of interest Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, National Museum of Ratnapura, Pinnawala Open Zoo, Udawalawe National Park, Sinharaja Forest Reserve Destinations Udawalawe National Park, Embilipitiya, Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Ratnapura, Horton Plains National

Water resource balangoda town ratnapura district sabaragamuwa province

The Sabaragamuwa Province, (Sinhalese: සබරගමුව පළාත Sabaragamuwa Palata, Tamil: சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் Sabaragamuwa Maakaanam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. The Sabaragamuwa Province contains two districts: Ratnapura and Kegalle. It is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, namely the Sabara, an indic term for hunter-gatherer tribes, a term seldom used in ancient Sri Lanka. Sabaragamuwa University is in Belihuloya.