Kolonnawa

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Kolonnawa

Total population

64,800

Elevation7 m

Coordinates6.93°, 79.89°

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

Kolonnawa is a town located on the eastern boundary of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is bounded by Kelani River to the north, Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha to the east, Kotte Municipal Council to the south and Colombo Municipal Council to the west.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Chaminda Vaas

Sri Lankan cricketer

W. A. Silva

Sri Lankan writer

Annesley Dias

Sri Lankan comedian

A

Anton Jones

Sri Lankan singer

Basil Fernando

Sri Lankan writer and activist

C

Chitrasena

Dancer, actor

Dinesh Kanagaratnam

Sri Lankan musician

Malini Fonseka

Sri Lankan actor-politician

Narada Maha Thera

Sri Lankan monk and missionary (1898-1983)

P

Piyadassi

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk (1914-1998)

P

Prem Jayanth

Sri Lankan actor

R

Ravindra Randeniya

Sri Lankan actor

R

Roshan Ranawana

actor

T

Tissa Abeysekara

Filmmaker and writer (1939–2009)

T

Tony Ranasinghe

Sri Lankan actor (1937–2015)

Viharamahadevi

Queen of Ruhuna, mother of King Dutugamunu (2nd century BCE)

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

Nearby places in Western

• Wellampitiya
  0.5 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Malwatte
  0.9 mi away
• Kiththampahuva
  1.1 mi away
• Kelani Nadeegama
  1.2 mi away
• Maligawatte
  1.3 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Kotuwila
  1.3 mi away
• Kotuwila
  1.3 mi away
• Kajugahawatte
  1.4 mi away
• Kotuwila
  1.5 mi away
• Kotikawaththa
  1.6 mi away
• Pethiyagoda
  1.6 mi away
• Maha Buthgamuwa
  1.7 mi away

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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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