Angammedilla National Park
IUCN category
II (National Park)
Designation type
National
Designation
National Park
Surface area
75.29 km²
Status year
2006
Governing type
Federal or national ministry or agency
Body
Angammedilla national park is one of the less known, yet a wonderful land of greenery and wildlife.
Angammedilla National Park is one of the new national parks in Sri Lanka. The region was designated national park on 6 June 2006. Originally Angammedilla was a forest reserve within the Minneriya-Girithale Sanctuary declared on 12 February 1988. The park is declared mainly to protect the drainage basin of Parakrama Samudra. Angammedilla also secures the drainage basins of Minneriya and Girithale irrigation tanks, water sources in Sudu Kanda and habitats and wildlife of the adjacent forests. It is located 225 kilometres away from Colombo in Polonnaruwa District.
