Kandy

Kandy is in the centre of 125 km away from Colombo and is generally recognised as the island nation's cultural capital. It is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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RoshenEriyagama, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A.Savin, FAL.
  • City with about 120,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 500 metres (1,640 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KDW
  • Description: capital city in Central Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as
    “Mahanurora”
    “Mahanuwara”
A.Savin, FAL.
Danuja Jayasuriya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic and National Museum of Kandy.
A.Savin, FAL.
Buddhist temple
Sri Dalada Maligawa, commonly known in English as the…
Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museum
The in Kandy, …
A.Savin, FAL.
Museum
The Royal Palace of Kandy, situated in Kandy…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sirimalwatta and Polgolla.
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Kandy

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Latitude
7.2931° or 7° 17′ 35″ north
Longitude
80.635° or 80° 38′ 6″ east
UN/LOCODE
LK KAN
Open location code
6MV27JVP+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2908772560
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1241622
Wiki­data ID
Q203197

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Kandy” goes by many names.
ካንዲAmharic
كانديArabic
كاندي (مدينه)Arabic
ԿանդիArmenian
KandyAsturian
कैन्डीAwadhi
KandiAzerbaijani
KandyAzerbaijani
KandyBasque
КандыBelarusian
ক্যান্ডিBengali
KandyBreton
КандиBulgarian
ကန္ဒီမြို့Burmese
KandyCatalan
KandyCebuano
MëhanëgërëCebuano
康提Chinese
聖城康提Chinese
KandyCroatian
KandyCzech
KandyDanish
KandyDutch
كاندىEgyptian Arabic
KandiEsperanto
KandyEstonian
KandyFinnish
KandyFrench
KandyGalician
კანდიGeorgian
CandyGerman
KandyGerman
Maha NuwaraGerman
SenkadagalapuraGerman
Sri WardhanapuraGerman
ΚάντιGreek
કેન્ડીGujarati
કેન્ડી, શ્રીલંકાGujarati
KandyHausa
קאנדיHebrew
कैंडीHindi
KandiHungarian
KandyHungarian
KandyIndonesian
KandyInupiaq
KandyIrish
KandyItalian
キャンディJapanese
KandyJavanese
ಕ್ಯಾಂಡಿKannada
КандиKazakh
КандиKirghiz
캔디Korean
KandiLatvian
KandisLithuanian
क्यान्डीMaithili
Kandi, Sri LankaMalay
KandyMalay
KandyMalayalam
കണ്ടിMalayalam
കാൻഡിMalayalam
KandyMaltese
कँडीMarathi
कण्डीMarathi
कॅन्डीMarathi
კანდიMingrelian
क्यान्डीNepali
KandyNorthern Frisian
Maha NuwaraNorthern Frisian
KandyNorwegian
KandyNorwegian Bokmål
KandyNorwegian Nynorsk
KandyOromo
ਕਾਂਡੀPanjabi
کندیPersian
کندی (سری‌لانکا)Persian
KandyPolish
CândiaPortuguese
Cidade Sagrada de KandyPortuguese
KandyPortuguese
کنديPushto
КандиRussian
KandyScots
KandySerbo-Croatian
KandySilesian
KandySinhala
නුවරSinhala
මහනුවරSinhala
මහනුවර හෙවත් සෙංකඩගලSinhala
සෙංකඩගලSinhala
KandiSlovak
KandySlovak
MahanuvaraSlovak
KandiSlovenian
KandySomali
KandySpanish
KandySwahili
KandySwedish
Kandy (provinshuvudstad)Swedish
КандиTajik
கண்டிTamil
செங்கடகலைTamil
КандиTatar
Канди каласыTatar
కాండీTelugu
కాండీ నగరంTelugu
กัณฏิThai
แคนดีThai
เมืองกัณฏีThai
เมืองแคนดีThai
KandyTurkish
КандіUkrainian
کینڈیUrdu
KandiUzbek
KandyUzbek
KandiVeps
KandyVietnamese
KandyWaray (Philippines)
KandyWelsh
کینڈیWestern Panjabi
康提Wu Chinese

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