Peradeniya

Peradeniya is a suburb of the city of , with about 30,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the A1 main road, a few kilometres west of Kandy city centre.
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  • Type: Suburb with 10,000 residents
  • Description: suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Old Peradeniya” and “Peradenya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kingswood College.

School
Photo: Hasindu2008, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, Kandy is a day and boarding school for boys in , . The school educates over 3,500 students from primary to secondary levels and is staffed by more than 300 faculty members. is situated 3 km northeast of Peradeniya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Getambe and Kiribatkumbura.

Neighborhood
is a village in . It is located within . has a population of 2.725 people.

Suburb
Photo: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kiribathkumbura is a suburb of the city of , in the of . It lies on the A1 highway, approximately 8 km from Kandy and 102 km from .

Village
is a village in . It is located within . has its own historical connections. In 1638, the Battle of was fought between the Portuguese and the Sinhala forces under King Rajasinha ll and Prince Vijayapala on this land.

Peradeniya

Latitude
7.26421° or 7° 15′ 51″ north
Longitude
80.59307° or 80° 35′ 35″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
521 metres (1,709 feet)
Open location code
6MV27H7V+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 264605806
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1230553
Wiki­data ID
Q489744
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Peradeniya” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Peradeniya”
  • French: “Peradeniya”
  • German: “Peradeniya”
  • Hebrew: “פרדניה”
  • Irish: “Peradeniya”
  • Japanese: “ペラデニア”
  • Japanese: “ペラデニヤ”
  • Persian: “پرادنیا”
  • Russian: “Перадения”
  • Sinhala: “පේරාදෙණිය”
  • Swedish: “Peradeniya”
  • Tamil: “பேராதனை சந்தி”
  • Tamil: “பேராதனை”
  • Urdu: “پیرادینیا”

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