Ampitiya
Ampitiya is a suburb of the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located within the country's Central Province. Ampitiya is approximately 3 miles from the Kandy city centre.- Type: Village with 10,000 residents
- Description: suburb in Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Ampitiya Udagama”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and National Museum of Kandy.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
Buddhist temple
Sri Dalada Maligawa, commonly known in English as the… Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is situated 4 km northwest of Ampitiya.
National Museum of Kandy
Museum
Ceylon Tea Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nehiniwala and Tennekumbura.
Ampitiya
- Categories: geographical feature and locality
- Location: Meddegama, Kandy and Four Gravets Gangawata Division, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.26787° or 7° 16′ 4″ north
Longitude
80.6663° or 80° 39′ 59″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
602 metres (1,975 feet)
Open location code
6MV27M98+4G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Uzbek—“Ampitiya” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ampitiya”
- Persian: “اپینیا، استان مرکزی”
- Persian: “اپینیا”
- Urdu: “امپیٹیا”
- Uzbek: “Ampitiya”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ketawala and Illukmodara.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Divrum Bodhiya and Ketawala-Leula Vocational Training Institute.
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Worth a closer look: Kandy and Sigiriya.
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