Dehiwala
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 15,000 residents
- Description: suburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Dehiwela”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka and St. Lawrence’s Church.
National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka
Zoo
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.
National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka is a zoological garden in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, founded in 1936. The Dehiwala Zoo is now known for its mistreatment and poor facilities for the animals that inhabit it.
St. Lawrence’s Church
Church
Photo: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Lawrence's Church is the seat of the Wellawatte parish of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo. It is located at Galle Road, Wellawatte, Colombo 06.
Mount Lavinia Hotel
Hotel
The Mount Lavinia Hotel, in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka, is a 275-room hotel, situated at 100 Hotel Road in Mount Lavinia. It is recognised as one of the oldest and most famous hotels in the country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nugegoda and Boralesgamuwa.
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 northeast of Dehiwala.
Boralesgamuwa
Town
Boralesgamuwa is a city on the Colombo-Horana Road about 14 km south-east of the commercial capital Colombo. The Boralesgamuwa junction was formerly known as Nagas Handiya. Boralesgamuwa is situated 4 km east of Dehiwala.
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 6 km northeast of Dehiwala.
Dehiwala
- Categories: suburb, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Dehiwala West, Dehiwala Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.85128° or 6° 51′ 5″ northLongitude
79.86598° or 79° 51′ 58″ eastPopulation
15,000Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
6JRXVV28+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 134253719OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1248423Wikidata ID
Q28197113
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tamil—“Dehiwala” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “代希瓦勒”
- Irish: “Dehiwala”
- Japanese: “デヒワラ”
- Persian: “دهیوالا”
- Russian: “Дехивала”
- Sinhala: “දෙහිවල”
- Spanish: “Dehiwala”
- Tamil: “தெகிவளை”
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