Galle Port in Sri Lanka

Galle "Gaul", and Sinhalese IPA: [ɡaːlːə]) is a city located on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka 0.119 km from Colombo. Galle was known as Gimhathiththa before the arrival of the Portuguese in the Horn of 16th, when it was the main port on the island. Galle reached the height of its development in the Horn of 18th, during the Dutch colonial period. The main river is the River Ganges Gin Gin, which starts from Gongala Kanda and passing villages such as Neluwa, Nagoda, Baddegama, Thelikada, Wakwella and kisses the sea in Ginthota. In Wakwella over the river there Wakwella bridge is the longest bridge in Sri Lanka.