Uswetakeiyawa
Uswetakeiyawa is a small fishing village in Wattala Pradeshiya Sabha, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yugadanavi Power Station and Aitken Spence Power Station.
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 3½ km south of Uswetakeiyawa.
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 3 km south of Uswetakeiyawa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kandana and Ja-Ela.
Kandana
Town
Kandana is a suburb of Gampaha in Western Province, Sri Lanka, 19 km north of the Colombo city centre. Due to the proximity to Negombo as well as the Bandaranaike International Airport, the suburb is a popular residential area. Kandana is situated 4 km east of Uswetakeiyawa.
Ja-Ela
Town
Photo: Danusker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ja-Ela is a town, located approximately 20 km north of the city centre of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ja-Ela lies on the A3 road which overlaps with the Colombo – Katunayake Expressway at the Ja-Ela Interchange. Ja-Ela is situated 5 km northeast of Uswetakeiyawa.
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. Mabola is situated 6 km southeast of Uswetakeiyawa.
Uswetakeiyawa
- Type: Locality
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Uswetakeiyawa, Wattala Divisional Secretariat, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Sinhala—“Uswetakeiyawa” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Uswetakeiyawa”
- Irish: “Uswetakeiyawa”
- Sinhala: “උස්වැටකෙයියාව”
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