Tangalle (Sinhala තංගල්ල [ˈtaŋɡalːə], Tamil: தங்காலை) (also known as Tangalla) is a large town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council.

Tangalle is a regionally important fishing port, situated on one of the largest bays in Sri Lanka, which is protected from the ocean by an enclosing reef.

[3][4] The Dutch and subsequently the British used Tangalle as an important anchorage on the southern coast of the island.

Suwanda Hennedige Sauris Silva (5 May 1898 – October 1982), dancer (principal dancer of his father's dance troupe, performed the first public low country dance for the visiting Queen Elizabeth), poet, educationalist, social-worker, journalist.

He was the pioneer in committing to writing the oral tradition of the healing ceremony of Tovil.