Dalhousie

Dalhousie, Nallathanniya or Delhousie is a village in , . The village is two hours from Hatton city and situated en route to . The village borrowed its name from a nearby tea estate.
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  • Type: Town with 6,000 residents
  • Description: town in Central Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Dalhousie, Sri Lanka” and “Nallathanniya”
  • Address: Hatton - Maskeliya - Dalhousie Road, Nallathanniya

Places of Interest

Highlights include Adam’s Peak and Maskeliya Dam.

Peak
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Adam's Peak is a 2,243-metre-tall conical sacred mountain located in central . It is well known for the Sri Pada, a 1.8 m rock formation resembling a footprint near the summit whose name is also used for the mountain itself. is situated 3 km southwest of Dalhousie.

Dam
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a large gravity dam at , in the of . Along with the , the dams are the highest point and beginning of the Laxapana Hydropower Complex, involving a number of dams, penstocks, and hydroelectric power stations. is situated 3½ km northeast of Dalhousie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maskeliya and Sabaragamuwa.

Town
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is a town in the of . It is the site of the 1974 crash of Martinair Flight 138, the worst air disaster in Sri Lanka. is situated 6 km east of Dalhousie.

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is a province in . It is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, the Sabara, an Indic term referring to hunter-gatherer tribes.

Village
, Sri Lanka is a village in . It is located within , in the . is situated 10 km north of Dalhousie.

Dalhousie

Latitude
6.82551° or 6° 49′ 32″ north
Longitude
80.5226° or 80° 31′ 21″ east
Population
6,000
Open location code
6MR2RGGF+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3513452767
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q5210861
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“Dalhousie” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Dalhousie”
  • Irish: “Dalhousie”
  • Russian: “Наллатанния”

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