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.
- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: place in Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Talawakele Town”, “Thalawakele|Thalavakkala”, and “தலவாக்கெல்லை|தலவாக்கொல்லை”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Upper Kotmale Dam and Great Western railway station.
Great Western railway station
Railway station
Great Western railway station is the 61st railway… 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. Lindula is situated 3 km southeast of Talawakelle.
Nagasena
Village
Nagasena, Eastern Province is a village in Sri Lanka. Nagasena is situated 4 km southeast of Talawakelle.
Kotagala
Town
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″ north
Longitude
80.66147° or 80° 39′ 41″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
1,217 metres (3,993 feet)
Open location code
6MR2WMQ6+6H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Urdu: “تالاواکیلل”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Talawa and Dewsiripura.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kathiresan Kovil and Talawakele.
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