Somawathiya National Park is one of the four national parks designated under the Mahaweli River development project.[2] Somawathiya Chaitya, a stupa said to be containing a relic of the tooth of the Buddha, is situated within the park.[3] The park was created on 2 September 1986, having been originally designated a wildlife sanctuary on 9 August 1966.[4] The park is home to many megaherbivores.[1] The national park is located 266 kilometres (165 mi) north-east of Colombo.
^ abThe national Atlas of Sri Lanka. Department of Survey. 2007. p. 88. ISBN 978-955-9059-04-2.
^Senarathna 2004: p. 166
^Cite error: The named reference Senarathna was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Green, Michael J. B. (1990). IUCN directory of South Asian protected areas. IUCN. pp. 256–258. ISBN 978-2-8317-0030-4.
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