Baddegama
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Baddegama
|other_name = බද්දේගම
|native_name = බද්දේගම නගරය
|nickname = Baddegama Town
|settlement_type = Town
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|pushpin_map =Sri Lanka
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Sri Lanka
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 =Southern Province
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Galle District
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|government_type = Galle Municipal Council
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|area_total_km2 = 111
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|population_as_of = 78,535
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|population_total = 78,535
|population_density_km2 = 708
|timezone =Sri Lanka Standard Time
|utc_offset =+5:30
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|postal_code_type = Main Post Office : Baddegama
|postal_code = 80200
|area_code = 091
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http://baddegama.ds.gov.lk
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Baddegama is a main town in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Baddegama is accessible from the E01 expressway (Sri Lanka), and is located {{convert|1.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the Baddegama Expressway Inter Exchange and {{convert|102|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Colombo.
The main livelihood for the town was paddy cultivation but that has now changed to tea cultivation as well as rubber, coconut, cinnamon, pepper and minor export cultivation.
{{Pie chart |caption=Religion in Baddegama DS Division (2012){{cite web |url=http://www.map.statistics.gov.lk/apps/wb/index.html |title=Sri Lanka Census Map |date=2012 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=statistics.gov.lk |publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka}}
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|label1 = Buddhist
|value1 = 96.31
|color1 = #ffff00
|label2 = Hindu
|value2 = 2.18
|color2 = #ff8800
|label3 = Muslim
|value3 = 0.02
|color3 = #008800
|label4 = Roman Catholic
|value4 = 0.61
|color4 = #8888ff
|label5 = Other Christian
|value5 = 0.87
|color5 = #444488
|label6 = Other
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Education
Baddegama has five main schools.
- Christ Church Boys' College (National School)
- Christ Church Girls' School (National School)
- St Anthony's College (Secondary School)
- Rathnasara College
- Roman Catholic College
Transport
Baddegama Main Central Bus-stand
Colombo, Galle including more than 30 destination Bus route's Start from Baddegama main bus-stand.
Notable people from Baddegama
See also
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