Slave Island
Slave Island, officially known as Kompanna Vidiya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort.
- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …is also known as “Kompanna Veediya”
- Description: suburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Postal code: 00200
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Slave Island
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Latitude
6.92466° or 6° 55′ 29″ north
Longitude
79.85027° or 79° 51′ 1″ east
Open location code
6JRXWVF2+V4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Tamil—“Slave Island” goes by many names.
スレイブ・アイランドJapanese
جزیره اسلیوPersian
කොම්පඤ්ඤ වීදියSinhala
கொம்பனித் தெருTamil
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