Kotikawatta
Kotikawatta is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, situated east of the Colombo central business district. It is a fast developing administrative, commercial, and residential area in Colombo District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium and Welikada Prison.
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium
Stadium
Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, also known as Colombo Oval or P. Sara Oval, or simply PSS is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches.
Welikada Prison
Prison
The Welikada Prison is a maximum-security prison and the largest prison in Sri Lanka. It was built in 1841 by the British colonial government under Governor Campbell.
Western Hospital
Hospital
Western Hospital is a private hospital located in Colombo 8, Sri Lanka that specializes in renal disease care, dialysis and transplantation. Initially opened to provide kidney care services to Sri Lankan patients, Western Hospital has now diversified to providing general health care services, and is one of the many private hospitals in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte and Colombo.
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte
Photo: Hkn89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte 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.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.
Battaramulla
Town
Photo: Randeepa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Battaramulla is an Urban Area under the administration of Kaduwela and is situated 8.4 km from the Colombo Fort, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the fastest developing administrative, commercial and residential areas in the Colombo District, being home to the country's elite.
Kotikawatta
- Type: Locality with 64,600 residents
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Kajugahawatta, Kolonnawa Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kotikawatta” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kotikawatta”
- Dutch: “Kotikawatta”
- Irish: “Kotikawatta”
- Japanese: “コティカワッタ”
- Persian: “کوتیکاواتا”
- Sinhala: “කොටිකාවත්ත”
- Swedish: “Kotikawatta”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kotikawatta”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.