加姆珀哈

Gampaha

绿色内陆地区首府，以历史悠久的 Henarathgoda 植物园而闻名，这里种植了斯里兰卡第一批橡胶树。

概述

加姆珀哈是该地区的行政首府，是一个悠闲的内陆小镇，位于科伦坡东北约 30 公里处的稻田、橡胶和椰子地之间。其最著名的景点是 Henarathgoda 植物园，这是一座绿树成荫的 19 世纪花园，亚洲第一批橡胶树就在这里种植。该镇是探索神圣的凯拉尼亚寺庙和周围加姆珀哈乡村的便利而低调的基地，坐落在科伦坡和北部之间的主要铁路线上。

历史

The Gampaha area rose to prominence in the colonial period when the British established the Henarathgoda garden in 1876 and planted rubber seedlings brought from Kew Gardens, seeds that founded Sri Lanka's rubber industry and much of South-East Asia's. The town grew as a railway and market centre on the fertile 'wet zone' plains north of Colombo and became the seat of the Gampaha District when it was carved out of the Colombo District in 1978.