Ganemulla

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Ganemulla

Total population

5,000

Elevation20 m

Coordinates7.07°, 79.96°

Demographic figures from Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Founded during the British era, Ganemulla is a midsize town located in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka. Ganemulla is about 9 km (5.6 mi) from Kadawatha on the Colombo-Kandy road. The nearest city to Ganemulla is Gampaha, which is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away. Ganemulla is surrounded by the towns of Kadawatha, Gampaha, Ja-Ela and Kandana. The population in Ganemulla now exceeds 6,000 and is increasing. The majority of the population are Sinhalese Buddhist, with a small Catholic minority.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Karu Jayasuriya

Sri Lankan politician

Arjuna Ranatunga

Sri Lankan cricketer

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Nishantha Ranatunga

Sri Lankan cricketer

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Gayan Wijekoon

Sri Lankan cricketer

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Denis Perera

Sri Lankan general and diplomat

Dhammika Prasad

Sri Lankan cricketer

Harry Jayawardena

Sri Lankan businessman

K. Jayatillake

Sri Lankan writer (1926-2011)

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K N O Dharmadasa

linguist

Maithripala Sirisena

President of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019

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Somasiri Dehipitiya

Sri Lankan actor (1933–1982)

Sunil Santha

Sri Lankan musician (1915-1981)

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Lakrani Perera

Sri Lankan athletics competitor

Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri

Sri Lankan historian

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Dushmantha Chameera

Sri Lankan cricketer

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Somalatha Subasinghe

Sri Lankan actor (1936-2015)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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  3.3 mi away
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  3.4 mi away
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  3.8 mi away · pop. 10,000
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  3.9 mi away · pop. 500

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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