Dambadeniya
Dambadeniya is a ruined ancient city situated in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka on the Kurunegala–Negombo main road. It served as the capital of Sri Lanka in the mid 13th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narammala.
Narammala
Town
Narammala, is a town in Sri Lanka, in the centre of the North Western Province, 85.3 km from Colombo, via the Colombo - Katunayake Expressway or 54 km from Negombo, via Mirigama-Nakalagamuwa Expressway. Narammala is situated 10 km northeast of Dambadeniya.
Dambadeniya
- Type: Town with 15,000 residents
- Description: ancient city in Sri Lanka
- Categories: ancient city, ruins, and locality
- Location: Dambadeniya South, Narammala Divisional Secretariat, Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.36819° or 7° 22′ 6″ northLongitude
80.14943° or 80° 8′ 58″ eastPopulation
15,000Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)Open location code
6MV2949X+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2907471043OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1248835Wikidata ID
Q1021154
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Thai—“Dambadeniya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دنبدانية”
- Arabic: “دَنْبَدَانِيَة”
- Catalan: “Dambadeniya”
- Chinese: “登巴德尼亚王朝”
- Chinese: “登巴德尼亞王朝”
- Dutch: “Dambadeniya”
- French: “Dambadeniya”
- German: “Dambadeniya”
- Hebrew: “דמבדנייה”
- Japanese: “ダンバデニヤ”
- Persian: “دامبادنیا”
- Polish: “Dambadeniya”
- Polish: “Dembadeniya”
- Portuguese: “Dambadenia”
- Russian: “Дамбадения”
- Sinhala: “දඹදෙණිය”
- Sinhala: “දඹදෙනිය”
- Tamil: “தம்பதெனிய”
- Thai: “ทัมพเทณิยะ”
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