132 km southeast of Galle and 246 km from Colombo. This small port of 9,000 inhabitants, which hosts the largest community of Muslims of Malay origin, was, during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapakse (defeated in the January 2015 elections), a major issue for the economic development of the south of the country. Although work in the salt pans, from May to September, as well as fishing are the main activities of the inhabitants, the economic and industrial development undertaken from 2006 has allowed the employment of more than 5,000 people in the construction field. The locality itself is not interesting

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