Thurstan College

Thurstan College is a national school for boys in , , , providing primary and secondary education. It is located in the neighbourhood of Colombo 7 near the University of Colombo and the Royal College Colombo.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: national school in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Address: Thurstan Road, 00300

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Navarangahala and Royal College, Colombo.

Theater building
Photo: Cossde, CC BY 3.0.
The , in , is one of the main national theatres of .

School
Photo: Nitraven, Public domain.
also known as; Royal Colombo, Colombo Royal College or Colombo Royal is a boys' school located in , Sri Lanka. is situated 120 metres northeast of Thurstan College.

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. is situated 790 metres north of Thurstan College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Slave Island and Nawala.

Village
, 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 2½ km northwest of Thurstan College.

Village
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 3½ km east of Thurstan College.

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.

Thurstan College

Latitude
6.90344° or 6° 54′ 12″ north
Longitude
79.85971° or 79° 51′ 35″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
6JRXWV35+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 129902887
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
10792594
Wiki­data ID
Q7799431
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Urdu—“Thurstan College” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: كليه ثورستان
  • Sinhala: තර්ස්ටන් විද්‍යාලය
  • Urdu: تھرسٹن کالج

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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 “Thurstan College”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.