Balangoda.

Balangoda is a town in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Its 143km away from Colombo and 43km away from Ratnapura.It is one of biggest town of the Ratnapura District. It is situated along the Colombo Badulla road.Balangoda is avery beautifull city.This area is bounded by the Pettigala mountain range in the west ,the steep crest of Detanagala known as the southen steep in the north and Mahawalatenna  plateau in the east.It has many natural resources too.Balangoda mainly consists of two rivers called the Walawe ganga and Way ganga.Dorawela Oya and Belihuloya  meet the Walawe River ar Balangoda.Diyawini Ella which is also acreation of the Walawe river,falls down facing a vast stetch of paddy fields.The average temperature of Balangoda is about 27c and the average rainfall exceeds 2000mm        Balangoda is a historical ancient ruin city.The world famous Homosaphien Balangodaensis was lived here.Kuragala is a historical place situated between Kaltota and Rajawake.So Balangoda has good legend.There are many historical religous places,such as Aluthnuwara Maha Saman Dewalaya,Shilathalarama temple             The university fo Sabaragamuwa and the Althnuwara Maha Saman Dewlaya are the landmarks of the modern development of Balangoda.Mahawalathanna Walawwa the birtt placs of the late Mrs Sirimawo Bandaranayaka the first woman primminister in the world.It's with pride  mentioning the name of the most venerable  Balangoda Ananda Maithreya thero and venerable Nahinne Sumanatissa thero who rendered a great service to uplife of ths area.According to the 2001 census Balangoda has a population of 16,875. Balangoda is a rather big ciyt. It has many facilities,such as medicle ,travelling,water supply ,leading schools.