Batuwatta
Batuwatta is a town situated approximately 4 km from the town of Ganemulla, in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Ja-Ela Electoral District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: suburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Batuwatta West”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka.
Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka
Church
Photo: Michael Shehan Obeysekera, CC BY 2.0.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka is a Roman Catholic basilica in Tewatte, Sri Lanka. Being thus in a somewhat distant suburb of Colombo, it comes under the purview of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo and is a site of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Catholics.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ragama and Kandana.
Ragama
Town
Ragama is an outer suburb of Colombo, located in the Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by the Ja-Ela Divisional Secretariat. Ragama is situated 3 km south of Batuwatta.
Kandana
Town
Kandana is a suburb of Gampaha in Western Province, Sri Lanka, 19 km north of the Colombo city centre. Due to the proximity to Negombo as well as the Bandaranaike International Airport, the suburb is a popular residential area. Kandana is situated 3½ km west of Batuwatta.
Ganemulla
Town
Founded during the British era, Ganemulla is a midsize town located in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka. Ganemulla is about 9 km from Kadawatha on the Colombo-Kandy road. Ganemulla is situated 4 km northeast of Batuwatta.
Batuwatta
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Walpola East, Ja-Ela Division, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tamil—“Batuwatta” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Batuwatta”
- Irish: “Batuwatta”
- Persian: “باتوواتا”
- Sinhala: “බටුවත්ත”
- Swedish: “Batuwatta”
- Tamil: “பட்டுவத்தை”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Batuwatta”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.