Wadiya | |
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  Wadiya | |
| Coordinates: 6°5′30.026″N80°45′38.227″E / 6.09167389°N 80.76061861°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Southern Province |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) |
Wadiya is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Southern Province.
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The Western Province 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. Western Province is the most densely populated province in the country and is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte as well as to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center.
The Southern Province of Sri Lanka 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. It is the 7th largest province by area and is home to 2.5 million people, the 3rd most populated province. The province is bordered by Sabaragamuwa Province and Uva Province to the North, Eastern Province to the Northeast, Western Province to the Northwest and the Indian Ocean to the South, West and East. The Province's capital is Galle.
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Tangalle electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Tangalle in Hambantota District, Southern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Tangalle electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Sri Lanka.
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