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1 | ![]() | Colombo ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 6.9167 / 79.8333 | Colombo is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the city proper. It is the financial centre of the island and a popular tourist destination (...) |
2 | Fort (Colombo) ![]() FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 6.9258 / 79.8417 | Fort (Kotuwa:) is the central business district of Colombo in Sri Lanka. It is the financial district of Colombo and the location of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the World Trade Centre of Colombo from which the CSE operates. It is also the location of the Bank of Ceylon headquarters (...) | |
3 | Union Place ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 6.9217 / 79.8553 | Union Place is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Union Place is located approximately 1 kilometre south-east from the centre of Colombo, Fort. http://wikimapia.org/10911886/HSBC-Union-Place-Colombo-02 (...) | |
4 | Ohiya ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1786 Lat/Lng : 6.8197 / 80.8392 | Ohiya is a rural village located in Badulla District of Uva Province, Sri Lanka.. Nature.sarisara.com. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.. dailynews.lk (2009-01-01) . Retrieved on 2013-03-17. It is much closer to the Horton Plains National Park.. Nation.lk (2009-03-01). Retrieved on 2013-03-17 (...) | |
5 | Mannar District ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 8.8667 / 80.0667 | Mannar District (Maṉṉār Māvaṭṭam;) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of (...) | |
6 | Malabe ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 6.9036 / 79.9547 | Malabe is a suburb of Colombo in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road (Kaduwela Road) about away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is very important economic center in Colombo city. (...) | |
7 | Panadura ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 6.7132 / 79.9026 | Panadura (Sinhala: පානදුර, Tamil: பாணந்துறை) is a large town in Kalutara District, Western Province in Sri Lanka. It is located approximately 27 km south of the capital Colombo and is surrounded on all sides by water; the Indian ocean, the Bolgoda lake and river (...) | |
8 | Battaramulla ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 6.8964 / 79.9181 | Battaramulla is a suburb of the city of Colombo, situated 5.2 miles from the City Centre at Colombo Fort, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the fastest developing administrative, commercial and residential areas in the Colombo District being home to the country's elite (...) | |
9 | Weligama ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 5.9739 / 80.4294 | Weligama is a town on the south coast of Sri Lanka, located in Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. The name Weligama, literally means "sandy village" which refers to the area's sandy sweep bay (...) | |
10 | Sri Lanka Rugby Championship ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 6.9 / 79.8667 | The Sri Lanka Rugby Championship, known as the Dialog Rugby League due to its sponsorship by Dialog Axiata, is the major national rugby union club competition, held between the top Division 'A' rugby sides, in Sri Lanka (...) | |
11 | Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 512 Lat/Lng : 7.2979 / 80.6362 | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandy (Lat: Dioecesis Kandiensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Sri Lanka) of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Colombo, but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the (...) | |
12 | Denawaka Ganga Mini Hydro Power Project ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 6.7033 / 80.4497 | Denawaka Ganga Mini Hydro Power Project is a run of river mini hydro power project located in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. The install capacity of the project is 7.2MW and the annual generation is 25GWh. The generated energy is fed into the national electric grid of Sri Lanka. (...) | |
13 | Isipathana College ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 6.8875 / 79.8683 | Isipathana College (formerly known as Greenlands College) is a National school for boys located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Founded in January 1952, the school was initially named as Isipathana Maha Vidalaya, but is now referred to simply as "Isipathana". (...) | |
14 | Henarathgoda Botanical Garden ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 7.1 / 79.9861 | Henarathgoda Botanical Garden is one of the six botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. The botanical garden is situated in Gampaha-Minuwangoda main road, approximately 450 m away from Gampaha railway station. It is about 29 km from Sri Lanka's commercial capital of Colombo.http://www.ceylonlanka (...) | |
15 | President's College, Maharagama ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 6.8439 / 79.9292 | President's College, or Janadhipathi Vidyalaya Maharagama, established on 18 February 1978 in Maharagama in Colombo district Sri Lanka as a Buddhist school. The school belongs to Maharagama division of Sri Jayawardhanapura educational zone,http://www.moe.gov.lk/english/index (...) | |