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    Hambantota (Sinhala: හම්බන්තොට, Tamil: அம்பாந்தோட்டை) is the main town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. This underdeveloped area was...
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    The Hambantota International Port is a deep water port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, notable for its 99-year lease to China Merchant Ports. Opened in 2010...
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    Hambantota District (Sinhala: හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික්කය hambantoṭa distrikkaya; Tamil: அம்பாந்தோட்டை மாவட்டம் Ampāntōṭṭai māvaṭṭam) is a district in Southern...
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  • constituencies in Hambantota district. Don Alwin Rajapaksa was elected MP for Beliatta and Lakshman Rajapaksa (Don Mathew's son) was elected MP for Hambantota. The...
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    southeast Sri Lanka. It is located in the town of Mattala, 18 km (11 mi) from Hambantota. It is the first greenfield airport and the third international airport...
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    1993. He returned to Sri Lanka and entered politics, representing the Hambantota District, having joined the United National Party. He was elected to parliament...
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    transform Hambantota into the second major urban hub of Sri Lanka, away from Colombo. The following 2011 Cricket World Cup matches were held at Hambantota International...
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    is a geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the...
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    and Hambantota. To cross the artificial harbour at Hambantota, a harbour-bypass road allows the A2 to continue to Wellawaya. After the Hambantota Harbour...
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    international airports: in Katunayake, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Colombo, in Hambantota, and in Jaffna. Roads account for about 93 percent of Sri Lanka's land...
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  • the countries among South Asia, especially in Sri Lanka, the port of Hambantota that located in southern Sri Lanka is one of the biggest foreign investment...
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    Initiative. These infrastructure investments include the Port of Hambantota, the Hambantota International Airport, the Norocholai Power Station and the ambitious...
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  • Hambantota electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district...
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  • after its development. 2116: China Merchants Port's 99-year lease on Hambantota International Port in Sri Lanka is set to expire. 2117: In relation to...
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    Southern District of Matara and raised in Medamulana in the District of Hambantota. He was the eldest son, of nine siblings which included, an older sister...
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  • Hambantota gallows (Sinhala: හම්බන්තොට එල්ලුම් ගස) is a gallows tree, located on a small hill, close to the fisheries harbour of Hambantota, Sri Lanka...
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  • Hambantota Lighthouse (Sinhala: හම්බන්තොට ප්‍රදීපාගාරය) is an onshore lighthouse, located on a rocky promontory in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The lighthouse...
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  • Hambantota Troopers cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the Sri Lankan domestic cricket structure representing mainly...
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  • 8:00 Hambantota October 8 9:00 Hambantota October 9 8:00 Hambantota October 9 9:00 Hambantota October 9 16:00 Hambantota October 9 17:00 Hambantota October...
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  • Hambantota Sharks Sports Club was a former Division 'A' rugby union team based in Sri Lanka, that competed in the Dialog Rugby League. The Hambantota...
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  • Sooriyawewa is a town in Sri Lanka. It is located in Hambantota District of Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium...
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  • politician and Member of Parliament who represented the Beliatta electorate in Hambantota district from 1947 to 1965. A founding member of Sri Lanka Freedom Party...
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    Alliance's candidates in the Hambantota District and was elected to Parliament. Rajapaksa's father had been an MP for the Hambantota District for 16 years before...
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  • but was unable to host another until 2003 due to a legal problem. The Hambantota and Pallekele cricket grounds were both newly constructed for 2011 Cricket...
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  • sought international loans to develop Hambantota port.: 92  These efforts intensified during the presidency of Hambantota native Mahinda Rajapaska, who had...
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  • Students Hambantota Hambantota Tzu-Chi National School, Hambantota 1AB 1080 Hambantota Hambantota St. Mary's College, Hambantota 1AB 1373 Hambantota Hambantota...
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    (138 mi) highway links the Sri Lankan capital Colombo with Galle, Matara and Hambantota, major cities in the south of the island. The Southern Expressway Project...
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    Galle, and Trincomalee, in addition to the newest port being built at Hambantota. In June 2021, Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide ban on inorganic fertilisers...
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  • The Hambantota Solar Power Station (also known as the Buruthakanda Solar Park) is the first commercial-scale solar power station in Sri Lanka. The photovoltaic...
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    being extended from Matara to Kataragama to serve the developing city of Hambantota. In 2015, track construction to Beliaththa was delayed. In 1936, the Ceylon...
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