{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Thulhiriya | native_name = තුල්හිරිය | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka | coordinates = {{coord|7|16|15.48|N|80|13|13.62|E|region:LK|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Sri Lanka | subdivision_type1 = District | subdivision_name1 = Kegalle | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | population_total = 2,755 | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = | Grama Niladari Divisions = | timezone = SLST | utc_offset = +5:30 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 71610 | area_code = 037 | website = }} '''Thulhiriya''' is a village in the Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.
== History == In 1968 the government established the state-owned Thulhiriya Textile Mill, it was privatised to Bombay Dyne in 1980 and then Kabool Lanka until 2003. This was the largest textile mill in Sri Lanka. The mill was constructed in an area of {{cvt|14|acre|order=flip}} and under one roof.<ref name="SEC">{{cite web |title=State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka - History |url=http://secsl.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=549&Itemid=377&lang=en |website=State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Services at SEC - Dr. A.N.S. Kulasinghe |url=http://kulasinghe.com/sec.htm |website=kulasinghe.com |accessdate=21 November 2020}}</ref> In 2006 MAS Holdings established a fabric park in Thulhiriya, the country's first privately owned apparel intensive free trade zone.<ref name=fabricpark>{{cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=158431|title=MAS launches second Industrial Park in Sri Lanka|publisher=The Island}}</ref> The fabric park spans {{convert|66.6|ha|acres|abbr=on}} and provides employment to over 8,200 people.<ref name=fabricpark/><ref name=ST2010>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100829/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_1.html|title=MAS 'Thirasara Leisure Village': New concept for leisure travellers|first=Sanath|last=Weerasuriya|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=29 August 2010|accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref> Since it was established a further eight companies have set up factories in the fabric park.<ref name=ST2010/>
Thulhiriya has well-established road and railway links. The village is located on the A6 (Colombo - Kurunegala) highway and near the Alawwa railway station, which is on the Main Line (Colombo to Badulla).
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Category:Populated places in North Western Province, Sri Lanka Category:Populated places in Kurunegala District
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