Deraniyagala
Town in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
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Deraniyagala is a town in the Kegalle district in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. Deraniyaga city area consists major government administrative offices, textile industries and transportation hub and the district hospital which has seven medical officers including the DMO, Dr N.G.R.R.Senevirathne who upgraded this hospital into a good condition including the ETU with standard facilities. Deraniyagala divisional secretariat area includes 214.6 km2 and population of about 46300.[1] The divisional secretariat includes 26 grama niladari divisions.[1]
Deraniyagala
දැරණියගල | |
|---|---|
  Deraniyagala Location within Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates: 6.9349°N 80.3380°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Sabaragamuwa Province |
| District | Kegalle |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) |
| Area code | 036 |
Economy
Agriculture is the main source of income for majority of the people. Tea and rubber are main sources of income for people in the area. The main source of food is from rice fields. Apart from tea and rubber, coconut, pepper, cardamom, nutmeg and other minor export crops are farmed throughout the area.
Climate
Deraniyagala has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. It is one of the wettest towns in Sri Lanka.
| Climate data for Deraniyagala | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.9 (87.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.8 (72.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 112 (4.4) |
136 (5.4) |
249 (9.8) |
386 (15.2) |
525 (20.7) |
447 (17.6) |
351 (13.8) |
345 (13.6) |
405 (15.9) |
507 (20.0) |
409 (16.1) |
229 (9.0) |
4,101 (161.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||