St.Francis Xavier

St.Francis Xavier is a church in Sapugaskanda, Biyagama Divisional Secretariat, Western Province. St.Francis Xavier is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Abeysekararamaya, as well as near Sapugaskanda Refinery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sapugaskanda Power Station and Sapugaskanda Refinery.

Sapugaskanda Power Station

Power station

The Sapugaskanda is a 160 megawatt power station located in Sapugaskanda, adjacent to the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. Sapugaskanda Power Station is situated 1 km southeast of St.Francis Xavier.

Sapugaskanda Refinery

The Sapugaskanda Refinery is the single largest oil refinery of Sri Lanka. The refinery was built in August 1969 by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation under the guidance of Iran, initially designed to process 38,000 barrels per stream day. Sapugaskanda Refinery is situated 620 metres southeast of St.Francis Xavier.

Asia Power Sapugaskanda Power Station

Power station

The Asia Power Sapugaskanda Power Station is a 51 MW thermal power station in Sapugaskanda, Sri Lanka. Planning for the fuel oil-run power station dated back to 1994, when the Ceylon Electricity Board issued a tender for an IPP project for 50 megawatts. Asia Power Sapugaskanda Power Station is situated 1½ km southwest of St.Francis Xavier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiribathgoda and Mawaramandiya.

Kiribathgoda

Town

Kiribathgoda is a suburb of Gampaha and is situated on A1 highway, between Kelaniya and Kadawatha. It is the first commercial E-Suburb in Sri Lanka. The suburb is located 12 km away from Colombo Fort centre. Kiribathgoda is situated 3 km west of St.Francis Xavier.

Mawaramandiya

Village

Mawaramandiya is a village situated in the Gampaha District of the Western Province, Sri Lanka. Mawaramandiya is situated 3 km northeast of St.Francis Xavier.

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. Kirimetiyagara is situated 4 km northwest of St.Francis Xavier.

St.Francis Xavier

Type: Church
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Sapugaskanda, Biyagama Divisional Secretariat, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

6.96795° or 6° 58′ 5″ north

Longitude

79.95427° or 79° 57′ 15″ east

Open location code

6JRXXX93+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2101191733

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

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