Narammala
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Narammala
නාරම්මල நாரம்மல | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Narammala | |
| Coordinates: 7°26′4″N 80°13′17″E / 7.43444°N 80.22139°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | North Western Province |
| District | Kurunegala District |
| Established | 1232 (Over 700 years ago) as Kingdom of Dambadeniya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Pradeshiya Sabha |
| • President | H. P. M. Parakrama Sampath Thilakarathne (SLPP) |
| Area | |
• Town | 99.68 km2 (38.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 91 km2 (35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 163 m (535 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Town | 56,279 |
| • Rank | 14th in Kurunegala District |
| • Density | 493.7/km2 (1,279/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 7,513 |
| • Rural | 48,766 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) |
| Postal Code | 60100 |
| Area code | +37 |
| Website | http://narammala.ds.gov.lk/index.php?lang=en |
Narammala (Sinhala: නාරම්මල, romanized: Nārammala, Tamil: நாரம்மல, romanized: Nāram'mala), is a town in Sri Lanka, in the centre of the North Western Province, 85.3 km (53.0 mi) from Colombo, via the Colombo - Katunayake Expressway or 54 km (34 mi) from Negombo, via Mirigama-Nakalagamuwa Expressway.
According to the 2012 census, the population of Narammala is 56,279,[citation needed] with an urban population of 7,513 and a rural population of 48,766. The main export industry is textiles and ready-made garments.[citation needed]
| Climate data for Narammala, Sri Lanka (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.6 (96.1) |
37.6 (99.7) |
39.2 (102.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.7 (99.9) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.2 (99.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.8 (87.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 62 (2.4) |
92 (3.6) |
138 (5.4) |
262 (10.3) |
194 (7.6) |
156 (6.1) |
114 (4.5) |
93 (3.7) |
159 (6.3) |
359 (14.1) |
327 (12.9) |
139 (5.5) |
2,095 (82.5) |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at Daytime) | 65 | 59 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 69.6 |
| Source: NOAA[1] | |||||||||||||
Religion
[edit]Religion in Narammala (2012)[2]
Buddhism (80.9%)
Islam (12.0%)
Hinduism (4.1%)
Christianity (3.2%)
Other (0%)
The majority of residents in Narammala are Buddhists.
References
[edit]- ^ "Narammala Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011 Archived 2019-01-07 at the Wayback Machine