| 词条 | Wennappuwa |
| 释义 |
| name = Wennappuwa | native_name = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_name = Sri Lanka | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = North Western Province | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | timezone = Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone | utc_offset = +5:30 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|7|20|48|N|79|50|12|E|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = 61170[1] | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }} Wennappuwa is a town, located in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is 18km away from the city of Negombo. The village of Wennappuwa is mentioned in the Culavamsa' (pp 97) as a small farming hamlet. An old church made of wattle and daub, consecrated to St. Joseph was put up in Gangoda in 1850. Very Rev. Fr. Contentious Chounavel (OMI) a French Missionary the founder of the new St. Joseph's church arrived at Wennappuwa between (1861-1863 A.D.) There were only 300 families then. His sole intention was to gather those families whose staunch faith was strong and visible, under one roof. The roads were coming up and he realized that a new church should be built by the main road in order to accommodate the growing population. The brother of Utuwankande Sura Saradiel of Mawanella, lived with his family at Haldanduwana and learnt sculpture under Rev. Fr. Chounavel who was the Parish Priest of Haldanduwana and a master of sculpture. The great historical statue of St. Joseph on the front facade of the St. Joseph's Church Wennappuwa was sculptured by him. The church (1880 AD), which is a symbol of unity and co-existence, stands by the Negombo-Chilaw main road in the heart of Wennappuwa town. Wennapuwa is home to the Joseph Vaz College[2] and the Holy Family Girls' School.[3] New wennappuwa town has more than 500 business men. The Wennappuwa Business association[4] is the Largest business association in Wennappuwa. It represent almost all business men in Wennappuwa. Recently they develop the lake near wennappuwa town. At present wennappuwa is called little ITALY because there are larger number people from wennappuwa area has been migrated to italy and earning EUROs . it has been highly affected to the speedy development in wennappuwa. NOW all the state banks and large number of private banks are operating in wennappuwa town. References1. ^http://en.18dao.net/Postal_Code/Sri_Lanka 2. ^http://www.vazians.net/ 3. ^http://www.holyfamilywennappuwa.slt.lk 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wennappuwabusinessassociation.com/|title=Home|website=Wennappuwa Business Association|access-date=2016-06-13}}
2 : Populated places in North Western Province, Sri Lanka|Settlements in Puttalam District |
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