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Puttalam

North Western Province, Sri Lanka
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About Puttalam

Puttalam is a large town in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Puttalam is the regulatory capital of the Puttalam District and administered by an Urban Council. Arranged 130 kilometers 81 mi north of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka and 95 kilometers 59 mi north of Negombo. Puttalam is known for vitality creation, salt, coconut generation and angling. It has one of the biggest tidal ponds in the nation. Puttalam is famously known for kind and friendliness individuals. It has numerous virgin visitor goals, for example, Wilpattu National Park, Kalpitiya, and virgin shorelines, normal assets, Dolphin watch, song watch and sand hills and so on. Puttalam town is close to Anamaduwa which is greatest city in Puttalam.

The historical backdrop of Puttalam goes back to the landing of Prince Vijaya, almost 2,500 years prior, when his vessel washed shorewards to "Thambapani" or, in other words side of Puttalam tidal pond. The name "Puttalam" might be an adjustment of the Tamil word Uppuththalam, Uppu implies salt and Thalam implies salt generation zone, which advanced into the name Puttalam. Puttalam is likewise the second biggest salt maker in the nation. Puttalam has one of the biggest bond industrial facilities in the nation: Insee Cement manufacturing plant. Puttalam is likewise celebrated for Shrimp cultivating and Agriculture. Puttalam is presently the primary spot in Sri Lanka to have a Crab homestead and incubation facility kept running by a Singapore-based organization.

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