Maharagama
Maharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka 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.Places of Interest
Highlights: President’s College and Dharmapala Vidyalaya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte and Boralesgamuwa.
Maharagama
- Type: City with 196,000 residents
- Description: suburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Maharagama, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.8473° or 6° 50′ 50″ north
Longitude
79.9266° or 79° 55′ 36″ east
Population
196,000
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
UN/LOCODE
LK MAH
Open location code
6JRXRWWG+WJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Urdu—“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”
- Northern Frisian: “Maharagama”
- Persian: “ماهاراگاما”
- Polish: “Maharagama”
- Russian: “Махарагама”
- Sinhala: “මහරගම”
- Swedish: “Maharagama”
- Tamil: “மகரகம”
- Urdu: “مہاراگاما”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pamunuwa and Wattegedara Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: car park and Thews Gym.
Western Province: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Colombo and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.
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