Panagoda Cantonment

Panagoda Cantonment

Infobox Military Structure
name= Panagoda Cantonment
location= Panagoda, Western Province


caption=
type=Cantonment
built= 1953
materials=
used= 1953 – present
controlledby=
garrison= 11 Division SLA,
Sri Lanka Artillery,
Sri Lanka Signals Corps,
Sri Lanka Light Infantry
commanders=
battles=

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 [ [http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/10/24/sec03.asp Overall operations commander, A’Pura] ] . It also houses one of the main Military Hospitals operated by the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps.

List of regiment which as its regimental headquarters at the Panagoda Cantonment

*Sri Lanka Artillery
*Sri Lanka Signals Corps
*Sri Lanka Light Infantry
*Engineer Services Regiment
*Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
*Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps
*Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps

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