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Sabaragamuwa Province
The
Sabaragamuwa Province
, (
Sabaragamuwa Palata
,
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
.
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