Panagoda Cantonment
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Panagoda Cantonment is a cantonment
located in the western Western Province
of Sri Lanka
. It serves as the regimental headquarters of many regiments of the Sri Lanka Army and is an arsenal
. The 11 Division of the Sri Lanka Army is based at the Panagoda cantonment. It also houses one of the main Military Hospital
s operated by the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps
.
Cantonment
A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...
located in the western Western Province
Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Western Province is the most densely populated province of Sri Lanka. It is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenapura as well to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center.-Districts:Basnahira is divided into 3 districts:...
of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. It serves as the regimental headquarters of many regiments of the Sri Lanka Army and is an arsenal
Arsenal
An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, issued to authorized users, or any combination of those...
. The 11 Division of the Sri Lanka Army is based at the Panagoda cantonment. It also houses one of the main Military Hospital
Military hospital
Military hospital is a hospital, which is generally located on a military base and is reserved for the use of military personnel, their dependents or other authorized users....
s operated by the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps
Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps
The Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the Sri Lanka Army which provides medical services to all army personnel and their families in war and in peace. It is made up of 4 regular units and one volunteer unit. Headquartered in Colombo, formally at army headquarters...
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List of regiment which as its regimental headquarters at the Panagoda Cantonment
- Sri Lanka Light InfantrySri Lanka Light InfantryThe Sri Lanka Light Infantry is the oldest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army and the oldest infantry regiment in the army. It is made up of ten regular battalions, five volunteer battalions. Headquartered at Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda...
- Sri Lanka ArtillerySri Lanka ArtilleryThe Sri Lanka Artillery is a corps of the Sri Lanka Army. It is made up of 7 regular regiments and 2 volunteer regiments. The SLA is headquartered at Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda.-History:...
- Sri Lanka Signals CorpsSri Lanka Signals CorpsThe Sri Lanka Signals Corps a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army, responsible for providing military communications, information technology and electronic warfare support. The corps is made up of nine regular regiments and one volunteer regiment...
- Engineer Services RegimentEngineer Services RegimentThe Engineer Services Regiment a regiment of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the Engineer Services Regiment is to design, construct and maintain all buildings, roads and associated facilities such as electricity, water supply and drainage systems used by the Sri Lanka Army, Apart from this, the...
- Sri Lanka Army Service CorpsSri Lanka Army Service CorpsThe Sri Lanka Army Service Corps is a Combat Support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is to carry supplies to the soldier where he is, and run an efficient organization for the provision of transport, fuel, oil and lubricants which are the 'life blood of an army’...
- Sri Lanka Army Ordnance CorpsSri Lanka Army Ordnance CorpsThe Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the corps is the procurement, receipt, storage, accounting, maintenance, control and issue of all types of ordnance stores...
- Sri Lanka Army Medical CorpsSri Lanka Army Medical CorpsThe Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the Sri Lanka Army which provides medical services to all army personnel and their families in war and in peace. It is made up of 4 regular units and one volunteer unit. Headquartered in Colombo, formally at army headquarters...
- Sri Lanka Army General Service CorpsSri Lanka Army General Service CorpsThe Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps a corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The corps carries out much of the administrative work of the army. The role of the Corps is to provide logistic backing to Regular and Volunteer units by performing pay duties, legal services, running of agriculture projects...