title: Baddegama
text: # Baddegama
  
  Baddegama is a main town in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Baddegama is accessible from the E01 Southern Expressway, and is located 1.8 km (1.1 mi) from the Baddegama Expressway Inter Exchange and 102 km (63 mi) from Colombo.
  
  The main livelihood for the town was paddy cultivation but that has now changed to tea cultivation as well as rubber, coconut, cinnamon, pepper and minor export cultivation.
  
  ## Education
  
  Baddegama has five main schools.
  
  * Christ Church Boys' College (National School)
  * Christ Church Girls' School (National School)
  * St Anthony's College (Secondary School)
  * Rathnasara College
  * Roman Catholic College
  
  ## Transport
  
  Baddegama Main Central Bus-stand
  
  Colombo, Galle including more than 30 destination Bus route's Start from Baddegama main bus-stand.
  
  ## People from Baddegama
  
  * Simon Abeywickrema
  * Henry Abeywickrema
  