Wattala
Wattala is a large suburb of Gampaha district, in Western Province, Sri Lanka, situated around 9 km from Colombo city centre. This suburb is situated on A3 highway from Colombo to Negombo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Anthony’s College, Wattala and Yugadanavi Power Station.
St. Anthony’s College, Wattala
School
St. Anthony's College, Wattala is a catholic boys' school in Wattala, Sri Lanka.
Yugadanavi Power Station
Power station
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Yugadanavi Power Station is a large oil-fired power station in Sri Lanka. The 300 MW power station is located in Kerawalapitiya, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. Yugadanavi Power Station is situated 3 km northwest of Wattala.
Aitken Spence Power Station
Power station
The Aitken Spence Power Station is a municipal solid waste-fired thermal power station in Kerawalapitiya, Sri Lanka. It was originally planned to be built at Meethotamulla, the site of a large solid waste landfill which was under international media spotlight after the 2017 Meethotamulla garbage landslide which killed over 30 people. Aitken Spence Power Station is situated 4 km northwest of Wattala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mabola and Madampitiya.
Mabola
Hamlet
Mabola or Mabole is a town and Urban Council in Gampaha District in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. With Wattala it forms Wattala–Mabola urban council.
Madampitiya
Neighborhood
Madampitiya is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is part of the postal area Colombo 15. Madampitiya is situated 3½ km southwest of Wattala.
Kiribathgoda
Town
Kiribathgoda is a suburb of Gampaha and is situated on A1 highway, between Kelaniya and Kadawatha. It is the first commercial E-Suburb in Sri Lanka. The suburb is located 12 km away from Colombo Fort centre. Kiribathgoda is situated 4 km east of Wattala.
Wattala
- Type: Town with 30,200 residents
- Description: suburb in Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Telangapatha, Wattala Divisional Secretariat, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.98987° or 6° 59′ 24″ northLongitude
79.89271° or 79° 53′ 34″ eastPopulation
30,200Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)United Nations Location Code
LK WATOpen location code
6JRXXVQV+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1837184844OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Wattala” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “اتالا”
- Bengali: “ওয়াটালা”
- Cebuano: “Wattala”
- Chinese: “瓦特勒”
- Danish: “Wattala”
- Dutch: “Wattala”
- Finnish: “Wattala”
- French: “Wattala”
- Greek: “Γουατάλα”
- Gujarati: “વટ્ટલા”
- Hindi: “वट्टाला”
- Indonesian: “Wattala”
- Italian: “Wattala”
- Italian: “Wattla”
- Japanese: “ワッタラ”
- Kannada: “ವಟಲಾ”
- Korean: “와탈라”
- Latvian: “Vatala”
- Lithuanian: “Vatala”
- Malay: “Wattala”
- Marathi: “वट्टाला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wattala”
- Persian: “واتالا”
- Polish: “Wattala”
- Portuguese: “Wattala”
- Russian: “Ваттала”
- Sinhala: “වත්තල”
- Spanish: “Wattala”
- Swedish: “Wattala”
- Tamil: “வத்தளை”
- Tamil: “வாட்டலா”
- Telugu: “వట్టాలా”
- Thai: “วัททาลา”
- Turkish: “Wattala”
- Ukrainian: “Ватала”
- Urdu: “وٹالا”
- Vietnamese: “Wattala”
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