Sabaragamuwa

Coordinates: 6 ° 41 ′  N , 80 ° 24 ′  E

Sabaragamuwa Province සබරගමුව පළාත (Sabaragamuva Paḷāta) சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் (Caparakamuva Mākāṇam)
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Capital :	Ratnapura
Area :	4968 km²
Residents :	1,919,151 (2012)
Population density :	390 inhabitants per km²

Sabaragamuwa ( Sinhala : සබරගමුව පළාත) is a province of Sri Lanka . It consists of the two administrative districts Kegalle and Ratnapura . The main cities are Ratnapura and Kegalle .

Sabaragamuwa University is located in Belihuloya . It was named after the former indigenous people called Sabara, an Indian expression for hunter-gatherers. The province's tourist attractions are the Bambarakanda Waterfalls , Sri Lanka's tallest waterfalls and the 2243-meter-high Sri Pada .