Boossa

Boossa
Boossa
	Boossa
	Coordinates: 6°4′24″N 80°9′28″E / 6.07333°N 80.15778°E
Country	Sri Lanka
Divisional Secretariat	Southern Province
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (Summer time)

Boossa is a small town on the south coast of Sri Lanka, located in the Galle District of the Southern Province. It is approximately 123 kilometres (76 mi) south of Colombo and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Galle, immediately north of the mouth of the Gin Gaga (Gin River). It is situated at an elevation of 5 metres (16 ft) above the sea level.

Boossa was affected by the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake with 28 known deaths.^[1]

Transport edit

Boossa is located on the Coastal or Southern Rail Line (connecting Colombo through to Matara), and the A2 highway, connecting Colombo to Wellawaya.

Facilities edit

Boossa Regimental Training School
Boossa Sri Lanka Navy Training Centre (Nipuna Camp)
Boossa Detention Centre
Boossa railway station

Attractions edit

Boossa beach
Jayawardanaramaya Buddhist temple, which was built by the monk Medankara and his grandfather Mohandiram Mudeyanselage Janis de Silva in 1700 A.C. The Pagoda is the only one in Sri Lanka constructed out of stone in 1805 A.C.

Post and telephone edit

Sri Lanka 00 94
Area code 09
Postal code 80270

Other edit

The headquarters of the 58 Division are located in the town.

References edit

^ "Tsunami affected GN divisions" (PDF). www.ecoi.net. Retrieved 2019-01-04.

[1] "Tsunami affected GN divisions" (PDF). www.ecoi.net. Retrieved 2019-01-04.

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