Hanwella
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Hanwella is a town in Sri Lanka, situated about from Colombo, the commercial capital of the country. Hanwella lies on the Colombo-Ratnapura main road, on the banks of the Kelani River.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Meepe
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 22,918
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Colombo District
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Hanwella is a town in Sri Lanka, situated about from Colombo, the commercial capital of the country. Hanwella lies on the Colombo-Ratnapura main road, on the banks of the Kelani River.
==Geography== This historic city belongs to the Colombo district and Avissawella electorate. Hanwella is one of three major towns in the Seethawake pradeshiya sabha, the other two being Kosgama and Padukka. Hanwella lies on both of the Colombo-Ratnapura roads, namely the Highlevel and Lowlevel roads. The Kelani River, one of Sri Lanka's major rivers, runs alongside the town. Hanwella borders the Gampaha district. The nearest towns are Padukka (8 km), Pugoda (8 km), Kosgama(8 km) and Nawagamuwa (8 km).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hanwella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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