Matale District is a district in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, and one of the country's 25 districts. The administrative capital and largest city is Matale. Covering 1,993 km2 (770 sq mi), the district is considered the centremost region of the island, sharing borders with six other districts: Anuradhapura to the north, Polonnaruwa to the northeast, Badulla and Ampara to the east, Kurunegala to the west, and Kandy to the south.
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The district contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites—the Sigiriya rock fortress, the Dambulla cave temple, and the Knuckles Conservation Forest (inscribed as part of the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka)—and was the site of the first written recording of the Pali Canon at the Aluvihare Rock Temple in the 1st century BCE. The Matale Rebellion of 1848, a significant episode of anti-colonial resistance, was centred here.
Agriculture forms the backbone of the district's economy, with particular importance for spice cultivation—including pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg—alongside tea and paddy. As of 2012, the population was 484,531, the majority of whom are Sinhalese and Buddhist.
From the Wikipedia article Matale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Matale
- Kandy20 km S
- Kurunegala28 km W
- Gampola35 km S
- Kegalle39 km SW
- Dambulla44 km N
- Nuwara Eliya58 km S
- Hatton64 km S
- Badulla73 km SE
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