Havelock Town
Havelock Town is a neighbourhood of Colombo, Sri Lanka, part of an area zoned as Colombo 5. It is located approximately 6 kilometres south of Fort, the central business district of Colombo.Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Havelock Park and Colts Cricket Club Ground.
Havelock Park
Pitch
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Havelock Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Havelock Town, Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is one of the oldest grounds in the country. The sporting complex is located in Havelock Town and is bordered by Havelock Road, Park Road and Isipathana Mawatha.
Colts Cricket Club Ground
Pitch
Colts Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground on Park Road in Havelock Town, Colombo, Sri Lanka, in the south-east corner of Havelock Park. It has been the home of Colts Cricket Club since 1971.
Isipathanaramaya Temple
Buddhist temple
Isipathanaramaya Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Located in Havelock Town it was built in 1916 by Duenuge Disan Pedris, a wealthy merchant, in memory of his only son Henry Pedris who was executed by British officials for alleged incitement of racial riots in 1915, which were proven false.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nawala and Nugegoda.
Nawala
Village
Photo: Honeplus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nawala is an up-market residential suburb of Colombo, within the Kotte municipality in the western province of Sri Lanka, and is approximately 6 km south of Colombo City. Nawala is situated 3 km east of Havelock Town.
Nugegoda
Town
Photo: Honeplus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nugegoda is a large, densely populated suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is located just south of Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte/Maharagama and north-east of Dehiwela Mt. Lavinia. It has a population of over 250,000 people. Nugegoda is situated 3 km southeast of Havelock Town.
Dehiwala
Town
Dehiwala is a suburban area in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It lies within the administrative boundaries of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council. It is known for the zoo which houses thousands of animals and hundreds of species. Dehiwala is situated 4 km south of Havelock Town.
Havelock Town
- Type: Suburb with 15,000 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Havelock Town, Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.88623° or 6° 53′ 10″ northLongitude
79.86528° or 79° 51′ 55″ eastPopulation
15,000Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
6JRXVVP8+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3666851315OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1244582Wikidata ID
Q5683612
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tamil—“Havelock Town” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Havelock Town”
- Japanese: “ハーベロック・タウン”
- Persian: “هیولاک تاون”
- Sinhala: “තිඹිරිගස්යාය”
- Tamil: “ஹாவ்லொக் நகரம்”
- Tamil: “ஹெவ்லொக் நகரம்”
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