Gampola

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Gampola ගම්පොල கம்பளை
Town
Gampola Skyline
Gampola
Coordinates: 7°9′53″N 80°34′36″E / 7.16472°N 80.57667°E / 7.16472; 80.57667
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
District	Kandy District
Division	Udapalatha Division
Government
• Type	Local Authority
• Body	Gampola Urban Council
• Chairman	Furkhan Hajiar
Area
• Town	94.0 km2 (36.3 sq mi)
• Urban	3.30 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population  (2012[1])
• Town	37,871
• Urban density	11,476/km2 (29,720/sq mi)
• Metro	91,716
• Metro density	975.7/km2 (2,527/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)

Gampola (Sinhala: ගම්පොල, Tamil: கம்பளை) is a town located in Kandy District, in Sri Lanka's Central Province. The town is governed by an Urban Council. Gampola was made the capital of the island by King Buwanekabahu IV, who ruled for four years in the mid-fourteenth century. The last king of Gampola was King Buwanekabahu V, who ruled the island for 29 years. A separate city was built in Kotte during this time by a noble known as Alagakkonara. The longest sleeping Buddha statue in South Asia is located in the Saliyalapura Temple, Gampola.