Hokandara
Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo district. It is located approximately 20 kilometres from the city centre of Colombo, adjacent to Thalawathugoda to the west, Pelawatte on the north-west, Malabe on the north, Aturugiriya on the east and Pannipitiya on the south.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malabe and Athurugiriya.
Malabe
Town
Malabe is a former town, now a suburb of Kaduwela in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road about 10 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. Malabe is situated 2½ km north of Hokandara.
Athurugiriya
Town
Athurugiriya is a suburb of Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the Kotte-Bope Road about 21 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is a highly sought after residential centre in Colombo. Athurugiriya is situated 3½ km east of Hokandara.
Pelawatte
Town
Pelawatte also spelled Pelawatta is a part of Battaramulla main town which is a suburb of Colombo located near to the new Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the overpopulated areas in the city. Pelawatte is situated 3½ km west of Hokandara.
Hokandara
- Type: Village with 10,000 residents
- Description: suburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Arangala, Kaduwela Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.88049° or 6° 52′ 50″ northLongitude
79.9599° or 79° 57′ 36″ eastPopulation
10,000Open location code
6JRXVXJ5+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3537884134OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q5877961
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Sinhala—“Hokandara” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hokandara”
- Irish: “Hokandara”
- Japanese: “ホカンダラ”
- Persian: “هوکاندارا”
- Sinhala: “හෝකන්දර”
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