Kuruwita
Kuruwita is a town in the Ratnapura District of Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. It is 87 km from Colombo. It used to be served by the 2 ft 6 in narrow gauge Sabaragamuwa Railway, a branch of the national railway system.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bopath Ella Falls and Batadombalena.
Bopath Ella Falls
Photo: Thishvish1997, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bopath Ella is a waterfall situated in the Ratnapura District of Sri Lanka. It has a shape very similar to the leaf of the Sacred fig or "Bo" tree, which has earned it this name. Bopath Ella Falls is situated 2½ km north of Kuruwita.
Batadombalena
Archaeological site
Photo: Rapa123, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Batadombalena is an archaeological site with evidence of habitation from 8,000 years BCE, Balangoda Man, located 85 km from Colombo in Sri Lanka, a two-hour drive from Colombo. Batadombalena is situated 3 km east of Kuruwita.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hidallana.
Hidallana
Village
Hidallana is a town in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka, located at latitude: 6°42'57.96", longitude: 80°22'46.2" near Ratnapura. The estimated mean elevation above sea level is 82 metres. The postal code is 70012. Hidallana is situated 7 km south of Kuruwita.
Kuruwita
- Type: Town with 15,000 residents
- Description: town in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kuruvita, Kuruvita Divisional Secretariat, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.7761° or 6° 46′ 34″ northLongitude
80.3669° or 80° 22′ 1″ eastPopulation
15,000Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
6MR2Q9G8+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2146223770OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1237940Wikidata ID
Q6447546
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tamil—“Kuruwita” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كورويتا”
- Cebuano: “Kuruwita”
- Dutch: “Kuruwita”
- French: “Kuruwita”
- Irish: “Kuruwita”
- Malay: “Kuruwita”
- Persian: “کوروویتا”
- Sinhala: “කුරුවිට”
- Swedish: “Kuruwita”
- Tamil: “குருவிட்டை”
- Tamil: “කුරුවිට”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eknaligoda and Higgashena Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kuruwita Bus Stand and Kuruwita Purana Viharaya.
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