Kantale

Kantale
කන්තලේ
கந்தளாய்
Town
Kantale Tank
Kantale

Location in Sri Lanka

Coordinates: 8°22′06″N 81°01′41″E / 8.3683°N 81.0281°E / 8.3683; 81.0281Coordinates: 8°22′06″N 81°01′41″E / 8.3683°N 81.0281°E / 8.3683; 81.0281
Country Sri Lanka
Province Eastern Province[1]
District Trincomalee District
Time zone Time in Sri Lanka (UTC+5:30)
Postal code 31300 [2]
Area code(s) 026 [3]

Kantale (කන්තලේ, Tamil: கந்தளாய், Kantalai) is a town in the Trincomalee District in eastern Sri Lanka. It was previously known as Ganthalawa but in 1952 was changed to the transliterated Tamil name of Kantale.[4] The town is located 38 km (24 mi) south-west of Trincomalee.

According to the ancient chronicle, Mahavamsa, Kantale Tank, also named "Gangathala Vapi", is credited as being built by Aggabodhi the II (606-618)[5] and rehabilitated and developed by Parakramabahu the Great (1153-1186).[6] 3,750 hectares. Constructed for the irrigation of crops in this arid region, its source of water is the Mahaweli River, the longest in the island, which flows out to the sea at Trincomalee.[7]

One of the oldest tanks in Sri Lanka, the Kantale Tank gives water to a vast area for paddy[8] and sugar cane plantations[9] as well as for human consumption in Trincomalee and the adjoining areas.

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References

  1. ↑ "lk.geoview.info". Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  2. ↑ "Postal code database". Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lankan Dialing Area Code Numbers". Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  4. ↑ "Kantale Wewa – කන්තලේ වැව". AmazingLanka. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja (2002). Edmund Leach: An Anthropological Life. Cambridge University Press. p. 226. ISBN 9780521521024.
  6. ↑ Schiemer, F. (Ed) (2012). Limnology of Parakrama Samudra — Sri Lanka: A case study of an ancient man-made lake in the tropics. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789400972810.
  7. ↑ "Mahaweli Ganga". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Attygalle, Randima (22 October 2016). "A delectable journey through pickles, hoppers and much more". The Island. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Wettasinghe, Chandeepa (12 October 2016). "Local Sugar Industry attracts Foreing Interest". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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