Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa
Prince of Wales' College is a selective-entry boys' school in Moratuwa, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa, was founded and endowed in 1876 by Sir Charles Henry de Soysa, a famous 19th century Sri Lankan philanthropist and was named in honour of Prince Albert, Prince of Wales The school became a fully government-controlled school in 1962.- Type: School
- Description: Boys‘ school in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Prince of Wales‘ College”, “Prince of Wales‘ College, Moratuwa”, and “PWC”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Princess of Wales’ College and St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa.
Princess of Wales’ College
School
Princess of Wales' College is a girls' school in Sri Lanka, situated in Moratuwa, a suburb of Colombo. Princess of Wales' College was founded in 1876 by Sir Charles Henry de Soysa who was a famous 19th-century Sri Lankan philanthropist.
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa
College
St. Sebastian's College is a Catholic educational institution in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, established in 1854. The college enrolls over 4,000 students served by a staff of over 200. St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa is situated 490 metres southwest of Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa.
St Matthias’ Church, Lakshapathiya
Church
Photo: L Manju, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Matthias’ Church, is a church in Moratuwa in Sri Lanka. The church is located in Lakshapathiya approximately 1.1 km away from the Soysapura junction on Colombo-Galle main road. St Matthias’ Church, Lakshapathiya is situated 1½ km north of Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lunawa and Boralesgamuwa.
Lunawa
Village
Lunawa is a suburb in Sri Lanka lying on the coast just south of the capital, Colombo. Lunawa is a suburb of Moratuwa in the Colombo District of the Western Province.
Boralesgamuwa
Town
Boralesgamuwa is a city on the Colombo-Horana Road about 14 km south-east of the commercial capital Colombo. The Boralesgamuwa junction was formerly known as Nagas Handiya. Boralesgamuwa is situated 7 km north of Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa.
Dehiwala
Town
Dehiwala is a suburban area in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It lies within the administrative boundaries of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council. It is known for the zoo which houses thousands of animals and hundreds of species. Dehiwala is situated 8 km north of Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa.
Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa
- Category: education
- Location: Uyana South, Moratuwa Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.78522° or 6° 47′ 7″ northLongitude
79.88395° or 79° 53′ 2″ eastOpen location code
6JRXQVPM+3HOpenStreetMap ID
node 694999104OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q7244365
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Tamil—“Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كليه امير ويلز”
- Japanese: “プリンス・オブ・ウェールズ・カレッジ (モラトゥワ)”
- Sinhala: “වේල්ස් කුමර විදුහල”
- Tamil: “பிரின்ஸ் ஆஃப் வேல்ஸ் கல்லூரி”
Notable Places Nearby
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