He represented the United National Party from the Beliatte electorate in Hambantota district in the six general elections held between 1947 and 1965.
Between 1802 and 1806 Sir John D'Oyly was the Government Agent and Fiscal Collector in District Matara and Hambantota.
In Sri Lanka it has overgrown a 30 kilometer long coastal area between Hambantota and Yala National Park, especially in Bundala National Park, a Ramsar wetland site.
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Hambantota decided on bidding for the games after losing the vote to stage the 2018 Commonwealth Games which were eventually awarded to the Gold Coast in Australia.
The goal of the airline is to cover the cultural triangle of Sri Lanka; Colombo - Kandy - Hambantota(Yala).
Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, an international airport serving the city of Hambantota in southeast Sri Lanka.
The family re-emerged as the dominant political force in Hambantota district when Mahinda and his brother Chamal Rajapaksa were elected in 1989 Parliamentary election to represent Hambantota Electoral District.
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The Rajapaksas are a rural land-owning family from the village Giruwapattuwa in the southern district of Hambantota.
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Chamal Rajapaksa (born 1942), Speaker of Parliament (2010-), Minister of Irrigation & Water Management (2007-2010), Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries (2004-07), Deputy Minister of Ports Development & Development of the South (2000-01), Member of Parliament for Hambantota District (1989-) + Chandra Malini Wijewardene