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'''Country''' : Sri Lanka [[File:srilanka.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
 
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'''KALPITIYA'''
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===Origin/meaning===
The arms show two Dutch merchant ships as during Dutch colonial times it was an important harbour.


====Official blazon====
The above image dates from a manuscript dating from 1717/1720. The town currently does not use arms.
 
====Origin/meaning====
The arms show two Dutch merchant ships. The meaning thereof I do not know.


The above image dates from a manuscript dating from 1717/1720. The town currently does not use arms.
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Sri Lanka|'''Literature''']]: Silva, de and Beumer, 1988.


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[[Literature]] : Silva, de and Beumer, Illustrations and views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796, 1988.


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