Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Uda Ambala is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Southern Province. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and known as Ceylon before 1972, is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (19.3 mi) off the southern coast of India. As a result of its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia.