Hambantota: Difference between revisions

|location = Hambantota (1961–19901991–2020, extremes 1869–2021)

| Jan high C = 2930.89

| Feb high C = 3031.25

| Mar high C = 3031.9

| Apr high C = 31.29

| May high C = 3031.72

| Jun high C = 3031.32

| Jul high C = 3031.6

| Aug high C = 30.19

| Sep high C = 2930.95

| Oct high C = 30.17

| Nov high C = 2930.96

| Dec high C = 2930.64

| year high C = 3031.31

| Jan mean C = 2627.31

| Feb mean C = 2627.65

| Mar mean C = 2728.4

| Apr mean C = 28.17

| May mean C = 28.16

| Jun mean C = 2728.74

| Jul mean C = 2728.64

| Aug mean C = 2728.40

| Sep mean C = 27.28

| Oct mean C = 27.17

| Nov mean C = 2627.82

| Dec mean C = 2627.51

| year mean C = 27.29

| Jan low C = 2223.83

| Feb low C = 23.06

| Mar low C = 2324.93

| Apr low C = 25.03

| May low C = 2526.50

| Jun low C = 25.16

| Jul low C = 2425.72

| Aug low C = 2425.60

| Sep low C = 24.59

| Oct low C = 24.26

| Nov low C = 2324.61

| Dec low C = 23.37

| year low C = 24.26

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 5868.4

| Feb precipitation mm = 47.4

| Mar precipitation mm = 6647.0

| Apr precipitation mm = 9592.3

| May precipitation mm = 8973.1

| Jun precipitation mm = 5941.2

| Jul precipitation mm = 4830.8

| Aug precipitation mm = 5559.4

| Sep precipitation mm = 71100.0

| Oct precipitation mm = 151128.5

| Nov precipitation mm = 188221.8

| Dec precipitation mm = 118132.1

| year precipitation mm = 10451041.7

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 5.3

| Feb precipitation days = 34.0

| Mar precipitation days = 54.0

| Apr precipitation days = 6.8

| May precipitation days = 86.9

| Jun precipitation days = 75.6

| Jul precipitation days = 64.3

| Aug precipitation days = 56.3

| Sep precipitation days = 78.3

| Oct precipitation days = 10.1

| Nov precipitation days = 1213.0

| Dec precipitation days = 9.4

| year precipitation days = 8584.2

| source 1 = NOAA<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web|title=Climate Normals for Habantota|url=ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/S3/43497.TXT|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web

Hambantota Town is [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] majority. [[Islam]] is the second largest religion in the town. There are also small numbers of [[Christians]] and [[Hindus]]. [[Sinhalese people]] form the majority of the town's population followed by [[Sri Lankan Malays]] who make up 30% of the total population.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nordhoff|first1=Sebastian|title=The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay: A Case of Extreme Language Contact|date=2012|pages=3|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]}}</ref>

A [[cement]] grinding and bagging factory is being set up, as well as [[fertiliser]] bagging plants. Large salt plains are a prominent feature of Hambantota. The town is a major producer of salt.<ref name="District"/> A Special Economic Zone of {{convert|15,000|acres|ha|order=flip}} has been proposed by Prime Minister [[Ranil Wickremesinghe]], out of which approximately {{convert|1,235|acres|ha|order=flip}} will be situated in Hambantota to build [[Factory|factories]], [[Liquefied natural gas|LNG]] plants and [[Oil refinery|refineries]] while the rest will be in [[Monaragala]], [[Embilipitiya]] and [[Matara, Sri Lanka|Matara]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.economynext.com/China_to_build_LNG_power_plant,_oil_refinery_and_dockyard_in_Hambantota-3-6915-4.html |title=economynext.com |website=www.economynext.com |access-date=2017-01-09 |archive-date=2018-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155825/https://economynext.com/China_to_build_LNG_power_plant,_oil_refinery_and_dockyard_in_Hambantota-3-6915-4.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_17A/Jan07_1483806358CH.php|title=Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka launches special industrial zone to attract Chinese industries |website=Colombo Page |access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=httphttps://wwwarchives1.sundayobserver.lk/2017/01/08/news/us-5-b-investment-hambantota-1235-acres-industrial-zone|title=US $ 5 b investment in Hambantota: 1,235 acres for industrial zone|date=2017-01-07|website=Sunday Observer|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> A Vocational training Center was opened in 2017 by Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with China to train the workforce needed for the SEZs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/08/c_135963263.htm|title=Sri Lanka, China open training center to support southern development – Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=news.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref> Wickramasinghe also came into an agreement with state-owned China Merchants Port Holdings to lease 70 per cent stake of the strategically-located Hambantota port at $1.12 billion, opening Hambantota to the [[Belt and Road Initiative]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.adaderana.lk/news/42225/hambantota-port-agreement-to-be-signed-tomorrow-pm- |title = Hambantota Port agreement to be signed tomorrow - PM}}</ref>

Hambantota is the selected site for a new international port, the [[Port of Hambantota]]. It was scheduled to be built in three phases, with the first phase due to be completed by the end of 2010 at a cost of $360 million.<ref name="Hambantota Gateway">{{Cite web|url=httphttps://wwwarchives.sundayobserver.lk/2010/02/21/fea20.asp|title=Hambantota port, gateway to world|author=Shirajiv Sirimane|publisher=Sunday Observer|date=21 February 2010|access-date=30 April 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224055824/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/02/21/fea20.asp|archive-date=24 February 2010}}</ref> As part of the port, a $550 million [[Special Economic Zone|tax-free port zone]] is being started, with companies in [[India]], [[China]], [[Russia]] and [[Dubai]] expressing interest in setting up [[shipbuilding]], ship-repair and [[warehousing]] facilities in the zone. The port officially opened on November 18, 2010, at the end of the first phase of construction.<ref name="NYT_2018">{{cite news | last = Abi-Habib | first = Maria | title = How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = 25 June 2018 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/world/asia/china-sri-lanka-port.html | access-date = 2020-08-08 }}</ref> When all phases are fully complete, it will be able to berth 33 vessels, which would make it the biggest port in South Asia.<ref name='bw-portzone'>{{cite magazine| first=Anusha | last=Ondaatjie | title=Sri Lanka to Seek Tenants for $550 Million Tax-Free Port Zone | date=8 March 2010 | magazine=Business Week | url =http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-08/sri-lanka-to-seek-tenants-for-550-million-tax-free-port-zone.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100311180106/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-08/sri-lanka-to-seek-tenants-for-550-million-tax-free-port-zone.html | archive-date =March 11, 2010 | access-date = 10 March 2010 }}</ref>