Gampola

Gampola is a town located in , in 's . The town is governed by an Urban Council. Gampola was made the capital of the island by King Buwanekabahu IV, who ruled for four years in the mid-fourteenth century.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 27,600 residents
  • Description: city in Central Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Gampola Town”, “كَنْبَلَة”, and “கம்போலா”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ambuluwawa.

Peak
Photo: Kaushiru90, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak, which is situated 2½ km west of Gampola.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Unambuwa and Kobbewala.

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Gampola

Latitude
7.16365° or 7° 9′ 49″ north
Longitude
80.57027° or 80° 34′ 13″ east
Population
27,600
Elevation
492 metres (1,614 feet)
Open location code
6MV25H7C+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1830490058
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1246000
Wiki­data ID
Q8264065
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gampola” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غامبولا”
  • Arabic: “كنبلة”
  • Bengali: “গাম্পোলা”
  • Catalan: “Gampola”
  • Cebuano: “Gampola”
  • Chinese: “加姆波勒”
  • Chinese: “甘波罗”
  • Chinese: “甘波羅”
  • Danish: “Gampola”
  • Dutch: “Gampola”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامبولا”
  • Finnish: “Gampola”
  • French: “Gampola”
  • Friulian: “Gampola”
  • Georgian: “გამპოლა”
  • German: “Gampola”
  • Greek: “Γκαμπόλα”
  • Gujarati: “ગેમ્પોલા”
  • Hindi: “गाम्पोला”
  • Indonesian: “Gampola”
  • Irish: “Gampola”
  • Italian: “Gampola”
  • Japanese: “ガンポラ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಂಬಳ”
  • Kannada: “ಗಂಪೊಲ”
  • Korean: “갬폴라”
  • Latvian: “Gampola”
  • Lithuanian: “Gampola”
  • Malay: “Gampola”
  • Marathi: “गॅम्पाला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gampola”
  • Persian: “گرامپولا”
  • Polish: “Gampola”
  • Russian: “Гампола”
  • Sinhala: “ගම්පොල”
  • Spanish: “Gampola”
  • Swedish: “Gampola”
  • Tamil: “கம்பளை”
  • Telugu: “గంపోలా”
  • Thai: “คัมปาฮา”
  • Turkish: “Gambpola”
  • Ukrainian: “Гампола”
  • Urdu: “گامپولا”
  • Venetian: “Gampola”
  • Vietnamese: “Gampola”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Walahagoda and Mahara.

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