Global Information Lookup Global Information

Nawalapitiya information


Nawalapitiya
නාවලපිටිය
நாவலப்பிட்டி
Town
Nawalapitiya is located in Sri Lanka
Nawalapitiya
Nawalapitiya
Nawalapitiya
Coordinates: 7°03′N 80°32′E / 7.050°N 80.533°E / 7.050; 80.533
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province
DistrictKandy District
DivisionPasbage Korale Division
Government
 • TypeUrban Council
 • BodyNawalapitiya Urban Council
 • ChairmanNishantha Kumara Ranasinghe
 • Vice ChairmanGamunu Sumathipala
Area
 • Town122.0 km2 (47.1 sq mi)
 • Urban
4.30 km2 (1.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Town59,917 (Pasbage Korale Division)[1]
 • Density491.1/km2 (1,272/sq mi)
 • Urban
13,338 (Nawalapitiya Urban Council)[2]
 • Urban density3,102/km2 (8,030/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (Summer time)

Nawalapitiya (Sinhala: නාවලපිටිය, Tamil: நாவலப்பிட்டி, romanized: Nāvalappiṭṭi) is a town in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an Urban Council. It is 38 km (24 mi) from Kandy and 112 km (70 mi) from Colombo, at a height of 589 m (1,932 ft) above sea level. It is located on the banks of the Mahaweli Ganga. The area was developed during the colonisation of the island by the British, as one of the colony's centres of Coffee Production.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Nawalapitiya division population census".
  2. ^ "Nawalapitiya division population census".
  3. ^ Mills, Lennox A. (2012). Ceylon Under British Rule, 1795-1932. Routledge. p. 245. ISBN 9781136262647.
  4. ^ Breckenridge, Shiva N. (2001). The Hills of Paradise: British Enterprise and the Story of Plantation Growth in Sri Lanka. Stamford Lake. p. 105.

and 22 Related for: Nawalapitiya information

Request time (Page generated in 0.5832 seconds.)

Nawalapitiya

Last Update:

Nawalapitiya (Sinhala: නාවලපිටිය, Tamil: நாவலப்பிட்டி, romanized: Nāvalappiṭṭi) is a town in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an Urban Council...

Word Count : 263

Nawalapitiya Electoral District

Last Update:

Nawalapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of...

Word Count : 352

Nawalapitiya Polling Division

Last Update:

Nawalapitiya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. The winner of Nawalapitiya has...

Word Count : 541

Kandy District

Last Update:

(750 sq mi). Peradeniya Katugastota Pallekele Gampola urban council Nawalapitiya UC Akurana Alawatugoda Ankubura Ambatenna Daskara Daulagala Galagedara...

Word Count : 166

Mahaweli River

Last Update:

the Mahawila area), a remote village of Nuwara-Eliya District in bank Nawalapitiya of Kandy District by further joining of Hatton Oya and Kotmale Oya. The...

Word Count : 389

Sri Lanka Railways

Last Update:

were made to the main line in 1867, 1874, 1885, 1894 and 1924 to Kandy, Nawalapitiya, Nanu Oya, Bandarawela and Badulla. Other lines were added to the rail...

Word Count : 4503

Up Country Lions SC

Last Update:

Lions Sports Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Nawalapitiya. They play in the top tier of Sri Lankan football, the Sri Lanka Super...

Word Count : 53

Robert Edward Jayatilaka

Last Update:

Ceylon Labour Party, following which he was elected Chairman of the Nawalapitiya Urban Council. In February 1943 he was appointed as a member of the State...

Word Count : 1115

Bungarus ceylonicus

Last Update:

from Kandy, Uva Province hilly areas, Peradeniya, Gelioya, Gampola, Nawalapitiya, Ritigala and Balangoda, but rarely recorded in low land areas. It prefers...

Word Count : 418

Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka

Last Update:

Negombo 031 Gampaha 033 Kalutara Panadura 038 Kalutara 034 Central Kandy Nawalapitiya 054 Kandy 081 Nuwara Eliya Hatton 051 Nuwara Eliya 052 Matale Matale...

Word Count : 235

Galboda Ella

Last Update:

Station. A bus operating from Nawalapitiya to Galboda. Galboda is an isolated village located in between Nawalapitiya and Watawala, in the Colombo-Badulla...

Word Count : 284

Badulla railway station

Last Update:

Station General information Location Badulla Railway Station, Badulla Nawalapitiya Sri Lanka Coordinates 6°58′47″N 81°03′35″E / 6.9798°N 81.0598°E /...

Word Count : 217

Leeds International School Nawalapitiya

Last Update:

Leeds International School Nawalapitiya is an international school in Sri Lanka. English is the primary medium of instruction, with Sinhala and Tamil as...

Word Count : 233

List of railway stations in Sri Lanka by line

Last Update:

Tunnel No. 12 & 13 Penrose Inguruoya Hightenford Selam Mahaweli Ganga Nawalapitiya Warakawa Pallegama Ulapane Warakapitiya Thembiligala Wallahagoda Gampola...

Word Count : 137

Meepitiya

Last Update:

Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province near to the city of Nawalapitiya. Most of the people of this Village are Sinhalese-Buddhist. They live...

Word Count : 60

Godagama

Last Update:

through Godagama Town: 69/122 - Maharagama - Kandy 18/122 Hatton 78/122 Nawalapitiya 98/122 Ampara 99 - Colombo - Badulla - Welimada - Passara - Balangoda...

Word Count : 197

Kotmale Oya

Last Update:

name කොත්මලේ ඔය (Sinhala) Location Country Sri Lanka Towns Kotmale, Nawalapitiya Physical characteristics Source Horton Plains National Park  • location...

Word Count : 181

Mayantha Dissanayake

Last Update:

SLFP to UNP. He appointed as chief organizer to Ududumbara electorate, Nawalapitiya electorate and at last Yatinuwara electorate. A few years later he polled...

Word Count : 241

List of hospitals in Sri Lanka

Last Update:

General Hospital (Teaching), Peradeniya District General Hospital Nawalapitiya - Nawalapitiya Hospitals of The Provincial Department of Health Services Base...

Word Count : 1194

List of railway stations in Sri Lanka

Last Update:

Western Province Nugegoda, Western Province Nanu Oya, Central Province Nawalapitiya, Central Province - Operation Control Office Ohiya, Uva Province Omanthai...

Word Count : 835

2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings

Last Update:

Abdul Haq and Mohomed Iwuhaim Shahid Abdul Haq, who were arrested in Nawalapitiya and would be handed over to the CID. Since the attacks, any garment covering...

Word Count : 16849

Gampola

Last Update:

pronounced those are Nawalapitiya artefacts of Green's are indubitably artefacts and Alchin could also found some remains from Nawalapitiya too. Recently, Siran...

Word Count : 2058

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net