Buttala (බුත්තල) is a town in
Sri Lanka. It is located in
Monaragala District
Monaragala (, ) is a district in Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is the second largest of the 25 districts in Sri Lanka, with an area of .
Main Towns
* Monaragala
* Bibile
* Buttala
* Wellawaya
* Kataragama
* Siyambalanduva
* medagama
* Thanam ...
of
Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla and Mon ...
.
History
The history of Buttala goes back to the time of
King Dutugamunu in the 2nd century BC, when it was known as Guthala. The
Mahavamsa chronicle of ancient Sri Lanka states that when Dutugamunu's army passed through Buttala en route to
Rajarata
Rajarata ā dja ra tə(Meaning: King's country) ( Sinhala: රජරට) (Tamil: ரஜரட) was one of three historical regions of the island of Sri Lanka for about 1,700 years from the 6th century BCE to the early 13th century CE. Several anc ...
in the north to wage war on
Elara. The names of many places are derived from ancient times, often from the names of the generals of armies, as in the case of Buttala.
Chulavansa
Industries
Buttala is the home of the largest sugar mill in Sri Lanka, Pelwatte Sugar Industries PLC
Pelwatte Sugar Industries PLC is a Sri Lankan sugar manufacturing company, which is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. The main sugar factory of the group is located in Buttala in the Moneragala District, Uva Province, about from Colombo to t ...
, which was established in 1981. The company employs approximately 4,200 employees and over 300,000 sugarcane farmers.
References
Populated places in Monaragala District
Populated places in Uva Province
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