Kadawatha
Kadawatha is a large suburb of Gampaha, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 highway, approximately 16 km away from the centre of Colombo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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. Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka is situated 4 km northwest of Kadawatha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirimetiyagara and Eldeniya.
Kirimetiyagara
Hamlet
Kirimetiyagara is a small village situated in the western part of Sri Lanka. The distance to Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka, is about 10 miles from Kirimetiyagara.
Eldeniya
Village
Photo: X-mas 123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eldeniya is a village located in Kadawatha, Gampaha District, Sri Lanka.
Mahara
Suburb
Mahara is an old town in the Gampaha District in the Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is situated along the A 1 highway.
Kadawatha
- Type: Town with 15,000 residents
- Description: suburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Pahala Biyanvila East, Biyagama Divisional Secretariat, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.00197° or 7° 0′ 7″ northLongitude
79.95127° or 79° 57′ 5″ eastPopulation
15,000Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
6JVX2X22+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 51237603OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11610999Wikidata ID
Q2041605
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tamil—“Kadawatha” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kadawatha”
- Dutch: “Kadawatha”
- French: “Kadawatha”
- Hausa: “Kadawatha”
- Irish: “Kadawatha”
- Japanese: “カダワタ”
- Japanese: “カダワッタ”
- Persian: “کاداواتا”
- Sinhala: “කඩවත”
- Swedish: “Kadawatha”
- Tamil: “கடவத்தை”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 9th Mile Post and Pahala Karagahamuna.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kadawatha Police Station and Kadawath Post office.
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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 “Kadawatha”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.