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: Bopath Ella Falls.
Bopath Ella Falls
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hidallana.
Hidallana
Village
Hidallana is a town in the Sabaragamuwa Province… 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, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.7761° or 6° 46′ 34″ north
Longitude
80.3669° or 80° 22′ 1″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
6MR2Q9G8+CQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“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”
- Urdu: “کوروویٹا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Eknaligoda and Higgashena Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kuruwita Bus Stand and Kuruwita Purana Viharaya.
Sri Lanka: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Colombo and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.
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