Dickwella
Sign in to saveDikwella, also known as Dickwella and as Dikwella South, is a small coastal market town in the Matara district in Southern Province of Sri Lanka. It is located east of the city of Matara. Dikwella is noted for its long sandy beach which is protected by headlands, reefs and sand-bars, making it safer for swimming.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in LK, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 22 inbound references to Dickwella, and connects out to UTC+05:30, Sri Lanka and time zone.
It sits within the topics Populated places in Matara District, Populated places in Southern Province, Sri Lanka and Seaside resorts in Sri Lanka.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Southern Province
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Dickwella wesak-perahera.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Dikwella Market
- Dikwella Peraheras
- Dikwella beach
- References
- External links
Dikwella, also known as Dickwella and as Dikwella South, is a small coastal market town in the Matara district in Southern Province of Sri Lanka. It is located east of the city of Matara. Dikwella is noted for its long sandy beach which is protected by headlands, reefs and sand-bars, making it safer for swimming.
Dikwella is the location of Sri Lanka's largest seated Buddha statue, which is tall. Walls in the rooms of the building behind the statue are decorated with a 'library' of colourful pictures depicting scenes from the life of the Buddha and punishments of miscreants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dickwella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations