Kantale

Kantale
කන්තලේ
கந்தளாய்
Town
Kantale Tank
Kantale is located in Sri Lanka
Kantale
Kantale
Location in Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 8°22′06″N 81°01′41″E / 8.3683°N 81.0281°E / 8.3683; 81.0281
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceEastern Province[1]
DistrictTrincomalee District
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Time in Sri Lanka)
Postal code
31300 [2]
Area code026[3]

Kantale (Sinhala: කන්තලේ, romanized: Kantalē; Tamil: கந்தளாய், romanized: Kantaḷāy) is a town in the Trincomalee District in eastern Sri Lanka. The town is located 38 km (24 mi) south-west of Trincomalee.

According to the ancient chronicle, Mahavamsa, Kantale Tank, also named "Gangathala Vapi", is credited as being built by Aggabodhi the II (606–618)[4] and rehabilitated and developed by Parakramabahu the Great (1153–1186).[5] 3,750 hectares. Constructed for the irrigation of crops in this arid region, its source of water is the Mahaweli River, the longest in the island, which flows out to the sea at Trincomalee.[6]

One of the oldest tanks in Sri Lanka, the Kantale Tank gives water to a vast area for paddy[7] and sugar cane plantations[8] as well as for human consumption in Trincomalee and the adjoining areas.

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