Gampaha is a city in Sri Lanka and the capital of the Gampaha District in the Western Province, north of Colombo. Gampaha is seperated from Colombo by mainly the Kalani river. Western Province may refer to: Western Province, Kenya Western Province, Papua New Guinea Western Province, Sri Lanka Western Province, Zambia Western Province, a division of the Victorian Legislative Council West Province, Cameroon Western Cape Province, South Africa Western Province Rugby Union, the governing body for rugby union in the Cape... Towers of downtown Colombo Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. ...

The word "Gampaha" is composed from "Gam", which means village and "paha", which means five. So the meaning is Five Villages. The five villages in the Gampaha city is Ihalagama, Pahalagama, Madagama, Aluthgama and Yagoda. Gampaha is most famous for the Botanical garden where the first rubber tree was planted in Sri Lanka which still remains. Inside the United States Botanic Garden Botanical gardens (in Latin hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors. ... Latex being collected from a wounded rubber tree The Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is a tree belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. ...