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Revision as of 14:12, 5 December 2005 by 203.94.87.156 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Gampaha in the second main city in Sri Lanka. It is situated in the Western Province Nothern to Colombo. Gampaha is seperated from colombo by mainly the Kalani river. The word Gampaha is made as Gam means village and paha means five. So the meaning is Five Villages. The five villages in the Gampaha city is Ihalagama, Pahalagama, Madagama, Aluthgama and Yagoda. Gampaha is a beautiful city. Gampaha is most famous for the Botanical garden where the first rubber tree is planted in Sri Lanka which still remains.
PRAMITH RUWANPATHIRANA