Bogambara Prison
Bogambara Prison was a maximum security prison and the second largest prison in the country after Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka. After operating for 138 years, the prison was closed on 1 January 2014, and the inmates were transferred to the new Dumbara prison complex in Pallekele.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 504 metres (1,654 feet)
- …is also known as “Bogambara”
- Description: former prison in Sri Lanka
- Address: Kandy
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Bogambara Prison
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Latitude
7.2907° or 7° 17′ 26″ north
Longitude
80.6354° or 80° 38′ 8″ east
Open location code
6MV27JRP+75
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OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Sinhala—“Bogambara Prison” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဘိုဂမ်ဘရာထောင်”
- Sinhala: “බෝගම්බර බන්ධනාගාරය”
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