Western Province
Colombo District
Maharagama Divisional Secretariat

Maharagama

Maharagama is an outer suburb of , on the High-Level Road about 10 km from the centre of the commercial capital. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include President’s College and Weras Ganga Park.

School
President's College Maharagama established on 18 February 1978 in Maharagama in district Sri Lanka as a National School. The school belongs to Maharagama division of Sri Jayawardhanapura educational zone, Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Park
The is a public park located in Bellanwila area, next to the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya in , .

School
is a co-educational institution located in , which was established in 1940. The school is situated on land donated by Anagarika Dharmapala, whom the school is named after.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte and Thalawathugoda.

Photo: Hkn89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of Sri Lanka. In practice, it is a suburb of Colombo, which completely surrounds it. Over 100,000 people live in Kotte itself.

Town
is a vicinity of Maharagama governed by the Urban Council of Maharagama. It is located approximately 16 km from the centre of Colombo, adjacent to and on the Borella-Kottawa Road, bordering Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte.

Town
is a city on the Colombo-Horana Road about 14 km south-east of the commercial capital . The junction was formerly known as Nagas Handiya.

Maharagama

Latitude
6.8473° or 6° 50′ 50″ north
Longitude
79.9266° or 79° 55′ 36″ east
Population
196,000
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LK MAH
Open location code
6JRXRWWG+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4448823642
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1236854
Wiki­data ID
Q6733191
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Tamil—“Maharagama” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Махарагама”
  • Cebuano: “Maharagama”
  • Chinese: “馬哈拉賈馬”
  • Dutch: “Maharagama”
  • French: “Maharagama”
  • German: “Maharagama”
  • Irish: “Maharagama”
  • Japanese: “マハラガマ”
  • Persian: “ماهاراگاما”
  • Polish: “Maharagama”
  • Russian: “Махарагама”
  • Sinhala: “මහරගම”
  • Swedish: “Maharagama”
  • Tamil: “மகரகம”

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