Bibile (also Bibila) is an attractive tourist destination located in Monaragala District, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It was called Wellassa during the Kandy kingdom, which related to 100,000 paddy fields. The agricultural region was historically known for cultivating rice and a variety of orange (citrus sinensis) called Bibile Sweet.

Population

As of 2012, the total population of Bibile was 36,404.

Economy

In the 1990s, gem shops were opening on the main high street in Bibile. Mining near Bibile has extracted geuda and yellow sapphire.

In recent years, local corn farmers have opposed attempts by foreign multinationals to acquire agricultural lands to build a sugar factory.

Education

Bibile Madya Maha Vidayalaya (known as Wellassa National College) is one of the main schools in bibile.

In 2024, the DP Foundation opened what it billed as the "Sri Lanka's first digital pre-school" in Bibile, as well as an IT campus at Bibile Wagama Sri Saddaramalankara Pirivena.

In popular culture

Bibile was known as 'Sinhale' in Martin Wickremesinghe's novel "Gamperaliya".

Notable people

• Professor Senaka Bibile, whose father was from Bibile
• Sarath Kotagama

See also

• List of towns in Uva