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-{|width="100%" style="color:black; background-color:#ffffcc;"
+{| class="wikitable"
-|width="15%"|[[File:srilanka.jpg|50 px|left]]
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-|width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br>Civic heraldry of [[Sri Lanka]]'''
+|[[File:kalpitiy.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-|width="15%"|[[File:srilanka.jpg|50 px|right]]
+|
+<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
+'''Country''' : Sri Lanka [[File:srilanka.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
+{{#display_map:8.2361,79.7654|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
 |}
-'''KALPITIYA'''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
+|-
+|'''English'''
+| blazon wanted
+|}
-[[File:kalpitiy.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+===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.
+{{lk}}
 {{media}}
-[[Literature]] : Silva, de and Beumer, Illustrations and views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796, 1988.
 [[Category:Sri Lanka]]