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Pelawatte

Pelawatte also spelled Pelawatta is a part of main town which is a suburb of located near to the new Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the overpopulated areas in the city.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte and Gateway College.

School
Ananda Sastralaya is a public boys school located in Kotte, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1890 as Kotte Buddhist English Mixed School. In 1952 a part of the school land was designated by the Government as an archaeological site since an underground residence of a Buddhist place of worship was discovered at the site. is situated 3 km west of Pelawatte.

School
The Gateway Group is an educational conglomerate in . Established in 1986 by R. I. T. Alles, former State Secretary of Education and Sri Lankan educator, the Gateway Group's subsidiaries include international schools, graduate education, and professional training throughout the country and abroad. is situated 3½ km west of Pelawatte.

School
is a public girls school located in , Sri Lanka. It was established in 1925 by Anagarika Dharmapala. is situated 3½ km west of Pelawatte.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte and Battaramulla.

Photo: Hkn89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of Sri Lanka. In practice, it is a suburb of Colombo, which completely surrounds it. Over 100,000 people live in Kotte itself.

Town
Photo: Randeepa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Urban Area under the administration of Kaduwela and is situated 8.4 km from the , near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the fastest developing administrative, commercial and residential areas in the , being home to the country's elite.

Town
is a vicinity of Maharagama governed by the Urban Council of . It is located approximately 16 km from the centre of Colombo, adjacent to and Pelawatte on the Borella-Kottawa Road, bordering Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte.

Pelawatte

Latitude
6.8916° or 6° 53′ 30″ north
Longitude
79.92896° or 79° 55′ 44″ east
Population
15,000
Open location code
6JRXVWRH+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 250730974
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q7161218
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Sinhala—“Pelawatte” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Pelawatte”
  • Irish: “Pelawatte”
  • Persian: “پلاواته”
  • Sinhala: “පැලවත්ත”

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