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Chilaw City

Sri Lanka / Puttalama / Halawata /
There is a saying that "Chilaw is famous for Prawns,Crabs & Coconuts".
Mainly Chilaw is a Fishery Town.
Chilaw is famous for the nearby Munneshwaram Kovil.
But Chilaw is one of the Major Roman-Catholic Town in Sri Lanka which has Great Catholic history.But all religious & nations live together.Major Sinhalease are Catholians.
City is governed by Urban Council of Chilaw.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   7°35'7"N   79°47'47"E

Comments

  • Tamil Lover (guest)
    There are large group Tamils who have become totally assimilated into the Sinhalese ethnicity over the course of numerous generations in Chillaw. Complete assimilation of formerly Tamil speaking communities such as the Karave, Durave, Salagama and Demalagatara as Sinhalese in the western littoral has been accepted by local historians. Similarly, there are also those who have more recently, within one or two generations, begun to identify as Sinhalese.. This phenomenon is most apparent amongst groups such as the Negambo Tamils of the Western province.
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