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'''Ramboda''' is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.
The Ramboda Road Tunnel is currently the longest road tunnel in Sri Lanka and is situated on the A5 highway (Perandenyia – Nuwara Eliya Road),<ref name="ST">{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060903/Kandy/kt6.html|title=Lanka's longest tunnel takes shape at Ramboda|author1=Rajanayaka, Suranga|author2=Keeriyawatte, R. S.|newspaper=Sunday Times|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> close to Ramboda falls. It is {{convert|225|m|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|7|m|abbr=on}} wide and {{convert|5.6|m|abbr=on}} high.<ref name="ST"/> Construction of the tunnel began in 2006, and it opened in February 2008. The tunnel cost Rs. 2,000M and was substantially funded by the Japanese Government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2008/02/24/new15.asp|title=President opens longest tunnel in Ramboda|newspaper=Sunday Observer|date=24 February 2008|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> The 1,000 rupee banknote, issued 4 February 2011, features an artist's impression of the Ramboda tunnel, with the rock wall at the same location before construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/htm/english/06_cm/newCurrencySeries.html|title=New Currency Note Series of Central Bank of Sri Lanka|publisher=Central Bank of Sri Lanka|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/ASI/SLK/SLK0127.htm|title=Sri Lanka - 1,000 rupees|publisher=Banknote Museum|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
The Wavenden Estate in Ramboda was the birthplace of the British Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher.<ref>{{cite book |first=Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh|last=Bacon |author-link=Reginald Bacon |title=The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone |volume=1 & 2 |location=New York |year=1929 |publisher=Doubleday |edition=Facsimile edition (2007) |isbn=1-4325-9362-5 |postscript=Original edition published London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, October 1929|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mackay |first=Ruddock Findlay |title=Fisher of Kilverstone |location=London |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1973 |isbn=978-0198224099|page=1}}</ref>
==See also== *List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka
==References== <references />
==External links== *{{DCS Sri Lanka}}
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Category:Populated places in Nuwara Eliya District Category:Road tunnels in Sri Lanka
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