Colombo District
Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat
Milagiriya

Bambalapitiya

Bambalapitiya is a southern coastal neighbourhood of , . The area also known as Colombo 4, spans about 1.5 km2 along Galle Road. The western boundary of the suburb is the Indian Ocean and it is bordered to the east by , the north by , and to the south by Wellawatte.
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  • Type: Suburb with 15,000 residents
  • Description: town in Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Colombo 4”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Majestic City and Colombo National Museum.

Shopping center
, traded as C T Land Development PLC, is a seven-storey commercial and shopping complex, located in Bambalapitiya, a suburb of , near the Bambalapitiya Railway Station.

Museum
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum, is a museum in and the largest in . Founded in 1877 and maintained by the Department of National Museums, it holds collections of significant importance to Sri Lanka, such as the regalia of the Kandyan monarchs, as well as many other exhibits relating the country's cultural and natural heritage.

School
is a girls' school in , . It is a National School managed by the central government providing primary and secondary education.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Slave Island and Nawala.

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 . is situated 3½ km north of Bambalapitiya.

Village
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is an up-market residential suburb of , within the Kotte municipality in the western province of , and is approximately 6 km south of Colombo City. is situated 4 km east of Bambalapitiya.

Town
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is a large, densely populated suburb of , Sri Lanka. It is located just south of Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte and north-east of . It has a population of over 250,000 people. is situated 4½ km southeast of Bambalapitiya.

Bambalapitiya

Latitude
6.89539° or 6° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
79.85503° or 79° 51′ 18″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
6JRXVVW4+52
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3666851314
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1250447
Wiki­data ID
Q4853319
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Tamil—“Bambalapitiya” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Bambalapitiya”
  • Irish: “Bambalapitiya”
  • Japanese: “バンバラピティヤ”
  • Persian: “بامبالاپیتیا”
  • Sinhala: “බම්බලපිටිය”
  • Tamil: “பம்பலப்பிட்டி”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sakura Art Store & Gallery and IIT School of Computing.

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