Watapuluwa
Watapuluwa is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province and situated in the county Gangawata Korale. The estimate terrain elevation above sea level is 434 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and Nittawela Rugby Stadium.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
Buddhist temple
Sri Dalada Maligawa, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the Royal Palace Complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is situated 3 km south of Watapuluwa.
Nittawela Rugby Stadium
Sports venue
Nittawela Rugby Stadium is a purpose-built rugby union stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is one of Sri Lanka's most famous rugby venues.
Polgolla Barrage
Dam
Photo: Price Zero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Polgolla Barrage is a barrage built across the Mahaweli River at Polgolla, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The main purpose of the barrage is to maintain the water level of Mahaweli river at a constant height to provide a uniform potential head at the intake to the underground tunnel which conveys water to Ukuwela powerplant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aruppola and Polgolla.
Aruppola
Suburb
Aruppola is a suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka. Aruppola is located about 4 kilometers from the heart of the Kandy City. Aruppola is popular for its government-funded Technical College.
Mawilmada
Village
Mawilmada is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within the district of Kandy in the Central Province.
Watapuluwa
- Type: Suburb with 5,000 residents
- Description: village in Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Watapuluwa, Kandy and Four Gravets Gangawata Division, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.31894° or 7° 19′ 8″ northLongitude
80.64147° or 80° 38′ 29″ eastPopulation
5,000Elevation
462 metres (1,516 feet)Open location code
6MV28J9R+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4430529308OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1224123Wikidata ID
Q7972996
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Watapuluwa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Watapuluwa”
- Dutch: “Watapuluwa”
- Irish: “Watapuluwa”
- Persian: “واتاپولووا”
- Sinhala: “වටපුළුව”
- Swedish: “Watapuluwa”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mawaweli Uyana Bo Tree and Polgolla Reservoir Sea Plane.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Watapuluwa”. Photo: Francesc Genové, CC BY 2.0.