Official Name: | Dambagalla |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Sri Lanka |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Uva |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Monaragala |
Elevation M: | 318 |
Timezone: | Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Timezone Dst: | Summer time |
Utc Offset Dst: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 6.9503°N 81.3681°W |
Postal Code: | 91050 |
Dambagalla is a village and former Union Council in Monaragala District, Uva Province, southeastern-central Sri Lanka. It lies by road to the north of Monaragala, off the Colombo-Batticaloa highway (A4).[1]
A tea plantation was established at Dambagalla in 1912. It was operated by English and Scottish Co-operative Wholesales Societies from 1912 to 1917.[2] In September 2014 the residence of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) candidate for Uva, Anura Kumara Wickremesing, was attacked by an unidentified group in the Obbeygoda area of Dambagalla.[3] In April 2020, a 25-year-old wildlife officer was fatally shot by poachers in Gal Oya National Park in Dambagalla.[4]
There is a branch of the Bank of Ceylon in Makulla Town, Dambagalla.[5] The Sri Wijayawardhanaaramaya, Bingoda Purana Viharaya and Sri Vivekarmaya Buddhist temples are in the vicinity as well as Madulla Public Library.[1] Dambagalla tank stores water for irrigation in the area.[6]