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Pettah Floating Market

The Pettah Floating Markets are located on Bastian Mawatha in , a neighborhood in , , and consist of 92 trade stalls, with a number of the stalls established on boats on .
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  • Type: Marketplace
  • Description: market in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Address: Colombo

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort railway station and Red Mosque.

Railway station
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a major rail hub in , . The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, with many inter-city and commuter trains entering each day. is situated 610 metres west of Pettah Floating Market.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque (Sinhala: කොලඹ කොටුව රතු පල්ලිය, romanized: Kolomba Kotuwa Rathu Palliya, Tamil: மஸ்ஜிதுல் ஜாமிஉல் அஃபார் அல்லது சம்மாங்கோடு பள்ளிவாசல், romanized: Sammankodu Pallivasal, is a historic in , . is situated 750 metres northwest of Pettah Floating Market.

Lake
Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.
is a man-made in the centre of the city of in . The lake is surrounded by many large businesses in the city. It initially occupied approximately 1.65 km2 of land 100 years ago but has since been reduced to 0.65 km2 today due to various reasons.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colombo and Slave Island.

Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest city and commercial capital of , and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.

Village
Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.
, officially known as Kompagngna Veediya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in , , located directly south of the .

Suburb
is a suburb of , Sri Lanka, and is known as Colombo 13.

Pettah Floating Market

Latitude
6.93272° or 6° 55′ 58″ north
Longitude
79.85553° or 79° 51′ 20″ east
Open location code
6JRXWVM4+36
Open­Street­Map ID
way 303907118
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­marketplace
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q20987458
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