Kaduwela
Kaduwela is the largest city in Sri Lanka by land area, covering 87.71 km2. The city is composed of three divisions called Kaduwela, Battaramulla and Athurugiriya and is located in the Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: City with 252,000 residents
- Description: suburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Kaduwela, Western Province”
- Address: Avissawella Road(Colombo-Hanwella Low Level Road), Kaduwela
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pearl Residences and Sapugaskanda Power Station.
Pearl Residences
University
Photo: Nitraven, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology is a private university located in Malabe and Colombo, Sri Lanka. It specialises in various fields like technology and management.
Sapugaskanda Power Station
Power station
The Sapugaskanda is a 160 megawatt power station located in Sapugaskanda, adjacent to the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biyagama and Malabe.
Biyagama
Village
Biyagama is a suburb in Gampaha District, situated in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is 12 miles from Colombo. A Free Trade Zone was established in Biyagama in 1985. "Kaduwela" interchange of expressway is located on Biyagama to Peliyagoda road.
Malabe
Town
Malabe is a suburb of Kaduwela in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road about 10 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is a crucial economic centre in Colombo.
Kaduwela
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kaduwela, Kaduwela Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.9357° or 6° 56′ 9″ northLongitude
79.98433° or 79° 59′ 4″ eastPopulation
252,000Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)United Nations Location Code
LK KADOpen location code
6JRXWXPM+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 619905117OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kaduwela” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كادويلا”
- Catalan: “Kaduwela”
- Chinese: “西部省份卡杜维拉”
- Dutch: “Kaduwela, Western Province”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كادويلا”
- Finnish: “Kaduwela”
- French: “Kaduwela”
- German: “Kaduwela”
- Hindi: “कडुवेल”
- Irish: “Kaduwela”
- Japanese: “カドゥウェラ”
- Korean: “카드웰라”
- Persian: “کادوولا (استان غربی)”
- Persian: “کادوولا”
- Russian: “Кадувела”
- Sinhala: “කඩුවෙල, බස්නාහිර පළාත”
- Sinhala: “කඩුවෙල,බස්නාහිර පළාත”
- Tamil: “கடுவலை”
- Urdu: “کڈو ویل”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kaduwela Bus Stand and Kaduwela Bridge.
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