Galle,

Galle, or POINT DE GALLE, a fortified town and seaport of the south-west extremity of the island of Ceylon, stands on a low rocky promontory of the same name, and has a good harbour, formed by a small bay. It has lost its former importance as a coaling and transshipping station for the great lines of steamers from Europe to Australia and China since the completion of the breakwater at Colombo (q.v.). It is the capital of the southern province of Ceylon. Pop. (1891) 33,505. See CEYLON.