Norwood
Norwood is a village in Sri Lanka located within the Central Province, near the banks of Kehelgamu Oya, a tributary of the Kelani River. In 2017, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a gathering of Indian-origin Tamils at Norwood, in the presence of the Sri Lankan president, prime minister, and other community leaders.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 10,000 residents
- Description: village in Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Norwood, Sri Lanka”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dickoya and Maskeliya.
Dickoya
Town
Dikoya is a town in Nuwara Eliya District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Dikoya forms Hatton-Dikoya Urban Council with Hatton. Dickoya is situated 4 km north of Norwood.
Maskeliya
Town
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maskeliya is a town in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is the site of the 1974 crash of Martinair Flight 138, the worst air disaster in Sri Lanka. Maskeliya is situated 4½ km west of Norwood.
Hatton
Town
Photo: Prasathc25, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hatton is a major town in the Nuwara Eliya District of Central Province, Sri Lanka governed by the Hatton-Dickoya Urban Council. Hatton is a major centre of the Sri Lankan tea industry. Hatton is situated 6 km north of Norwood.
Norwood
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ambagamuwa Divisional Secretariat, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.8389° or 6° 50′ 20″ northLongitude
80.6122° or 80° 36′ 44″ eastPopulation
10,000Elevation
1,176 metres (3,858 feet)Open location code
6MR2RJQ6+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1830417760OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11987489Wikidata ID
Q15262603
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tamil—“Norwood” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Norwood, Sri Lanka”
- Irish: “Norwood”
- Persian: “نوروود (سریلانکا)”
- Persian: “نوروود”
- Tamil: “நோர்வுட்”
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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 “Norwood”. Photo: Francesc Genové, CC BY 2.0.