Ragama
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Ragama
රාගම ரா௧ம | |
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UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) | |
Area code | 011 |
Ragama (
History
In July 1874 a rail line, known as the Breakwater line, was opened connecting the Harbour Works Quarry at Ragama to the
On 8 January 1901 the British War Office established a prisoner-of-war camp in Ragama to house Boer prisoners captured in the Second Boer War. The prisoners at Ragama were primarily dissidents, foreign volunteers and irreconcilables who refused to sign an oath of allegiance to the British Crown, and were transferred from the main camp at Diyatalawa.[2][3]
Ragama served as the main observation camp for
Transport
Ragama is accessible from the
Ragama is a main railway junction, where the Main line and the Puttalam line diverge. The first stage of the Puttalam line from Ragama to Ja-Ela was constructed in 1908 and the full length to Puttalam through Peralanda completed in May 1926.[1]
Health
The Colombo North Teaching Hospital is located at Ragama. It is the second largest hospital in Sri Lanka, with a 1,442 bed capacity. The hospital comprises the District Hospital Kandana, the Rehabilitation Hospital, Ragama and the Nurses Training School, Kandana. It also associated with the University of Kelaniya's Faculty of Medicine and is known for having one of the most advanced diagnostic departments in the country. It also boasts the country's only Liver Transplant Unit.
Other hospitals in Ragama include the National Hospital for Respiratory Diseases, the Ragama Rehabilitation Hospital, Melsta Hospital and Leesons Hospital.
Government facilities
Currently Ragama is home to several important government establishments in the country. They include:
- Sri Lanka Navy (Gemunu) Brigade
- Sri Lanka Navy (Mahasen) Brigade
- College of Naval Architecture (attached to Sri Lanka Navy)
- Mahara Prison (a maximum security prison and one of the largest prisons in the country)
- Governments Ammunition Storage
- Faculty of Medicine - University of kelaniya
- Ayati Center
- Ranawiru Sewana
Religion
- St. Lazarus' Church, Kurukulawa
- Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, Tewatte
- Weluwanaramaya Temple
- Ragama Dewalaya
- St. Peter & Pauls' Church, Ragama
- Christ the King Church, Lenchiyawatta
- Christ the Healer Church, Ragammulla
- Word of Power Ministries (Kingdom Centre) - branch Ragama
- A.O.G Ragama
- Sri Sugatharama Temple Ihalagama. (with Iahalagama Tank)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9537304-0-9.
- ISBN 9788120614949.
- ^ Brink, Jan N. (1904). Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-war at Ceylon. Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij.
- ^ ISBN 9788120613355.
- ISBN 9780415194679.