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Ja-Ela
Sign in to saveJa-Ela (, ) is a town, located approximately north of the city centre of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ja-Ela lies on the A3 road which overlaps with the Colombo – Katunayake Expressway at the Ja-Ela Interchange.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ja-ela
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 32,175
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ja-Ela
- Settlement.native_name
- ජා-ඇලஜா-எல
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Suburb
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jaela5.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- A Stretch of Ja-Ela town along the Negombo-Colombo Road
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gampaha District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Urban Council
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ja-Ela Urban Council
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Syammika Dias (UPFA)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Local government council
- Populations
- Demographics
- Transport
- Railway
- Schools
- Geography
- Climate
- References
Ja-Ela (, ) is a town, located approximately north of the city centre of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ja-Ela lies on the A3 road which overlaps with the Colombo – Katunayake Expressway at the Ja-Ela Interchange.
== Etymology ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ja-Ela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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