South Asia
Sri Lanka
Western Province

Beira Lake

Beira Lake is a man-made in the centre of the city of in . The lake is surrounded by many large businesses in the city. It initially occupied approximately 1.65 km2 of land 100 years ago but has since been reduced to 0.65 km2 today due to various reasons.
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Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Galle Face Green and One Galle Face.

Park
Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.
is a 5 ha ocean-side , which stretches for 500 m along the coast, in the heart of , the financial and business capital of Sri Lanka.

Shopping center
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mixed-use complex of buildings near the in , . It is also Sri Lanka's first internationally and developed and managed mixed use project and was officially opened on 8 November 2019.

Hotel
is a luxury hotel in , Sri Lanka. The hotel is part of the Indian hotel chain ITC Hotels, while WelcomHotels Lanka Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of ITC Limited, is the proprietor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Slave Island and Colombo.

Village
Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.
, officially known as Kompagngna Veediya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in , , located directly south of the .

Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest city and commercial capital of , and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.

Suburb
is a suburb of , Sri Lanka, and is known as Colombo 13.

Beira Lake

Latitude
6.92449° or 6° 55′ 28″ north
Longitude
79.8457° or 79° 50′ 45″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
6JRXWRFW+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23494552
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
1250075
Wiki­data ID
Q814829
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Thai—“Beira Lake” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة بيرا”
  • Cebuano: “Beira Lake”
  • Chinese: “碧若湖”
  • Chinese: “貝拉湖”
  • Dutch: “Beira Lake”
  • French: “lac Beira”
  • French: “Lac Beira”
  • German: “Beira Lake”
  • German: “Beira See”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Beira”
  • Japanese: “ベイラ湖”
  • Malayalam: “ബെയ്‌റ തടാകം”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੇਰਾ ਝੀਲ”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Beira”
  • Sinhala: “බේරෙ වැව”
  • Slovenian: “Jezero Beira”
  • Spanish: “Lago Beira”
  • Tamil: “பேரே ஏரி”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบเบรา”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kompannaweediya and Gotagogama.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include AVR and Christ Church of Galle.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beira Lake”. Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.