Talawakelle
Talawakelle is a town in Nuwara Eliya District in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. It is the centre of the Dimbula tea planting district, the largest tea growing area in Sri Lanka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: place in Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Talawakele Town” and “Thalawakele|Thalavakkala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Upper Kotmale Dam and Great Western railway station.
Upper Kotmale Dam
Dam
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Upper Kotmale Dam is located in Talawakele, within the Nuwara Eliya District, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The dam feeds the third largest hydroelectric power station in the country.
Great Western railway station
Railway station
Great Western railway station is the 61st railway station on the Main Line, and is 199.3 km away from Colombo. It is located at the Great Western estate of Nuwara Eliya District and is situated 1,455.5 m above sea level. Great Western railway station is situated 3½ km northeast of Talawakelle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindula and Nagasena.
Lindula
Town
Lindula is a town located in the Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. Together with Talawakele it is administered by the Talawakele-Linduala Urban Council. Lindula is situated 3 km southeast of Talawakelle.
Nagasena
Village
Nagasena, Eastern Province is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. Nagasena is situated 4 km southeast of Talawakelle.
Kotagala
Town
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kotagala is a small town in the Nuwara Eliya District of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is located 35.8 km from Nuwara Eliya at an elevation of 1,247 m above sea level. Kotagala is situated 6 km west of Talawakelle.
Talawakelle
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Thalawakele, Nuwara Eliya Divisional Secretariat, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.93808° or 6° 56′ 17″ northLongitude
80.66147° or 80° 39′ 41″ eastPopulation
5,000Elevation
1,217 metres (3,993 feet)Open location code
6MR2WMQ6+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 247211381OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1227300Wikidata ID
Q7678986
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Talawakelle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Talawakele”
- Dutch: “Talawakelle”
- French: “Talawakelle”
- Irish: “Talawakelle”
- Japanese: “リンダラ・タラワケレ”
- Persian: “تالاواکله”
- Sinhala: “තලවාකැලේ”
- Swedish: “Talawakele”
- Tamil: “தலவாக்கலை”
- Tamil: “தலவாக்கெல்லை|தலவாக்கொல்லை”
- Urdu: “تالاواکیلل”
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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 “Talawakelle”. Photo: Francesc Genové, CC BY 2.0.