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Kaduwela

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Total population

252,000

Land area87.7 km²
Coordinates6.94°, 79.98°

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

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City facts

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Overview

Kaduwela is the largest city in Sri Lanka by land area, covering 87.71 km2 (33.87 sq mi). The city is composed of three divisions called Kaduwela, Battaramulla and Athurugiriya and is located in the Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. Kaduwela Town is located about 16 km (9.9 mi) from the Colombo city centre on the Colombo - Avissawella Old Road and about 18 km (11 mi) from Kollupitiya on the New Kandy Road from Ethulkotte to Kandy.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
6.9357
Longitude
79.9843
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Nearby places in Western

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.61
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,048

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

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
580
Avg daily Wikipedia views
19
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API