Lunawa

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

Overview

Lunawa is a suburb in Sri Lanka lying on the coast just south of the capital, Colombo.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

W. A. Silva

Sri Lankan writer

T

Tissa Abeysekara

Filmmaker and writer (1939–2009)

V

Vijaya Nandasiri

Sri Lankan actor (1944–2016)

N

Nihal Silva

Sri Lankan actor

S

Sunil Ariyaratne

Sri Lankan scholar, film director, author, poet and lyricist

Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera

great Buddhist monk and a scholar (1828-1885)

A

Amarasiri Peiris

Sri Lankan singer (born 1946)

M

Malani Bulathsinhala

Sri Lankan singer (1949-2001)

C

Chandani Seneviratne

actor

N

Nipuni Hansika

cricketer

C

Champa Sugathadasa

Sri Lankan cricketer

T

Thisuri Yuwanika

actor

R

Rashan Peiris

Sri Lankan cricketer

S

Salindu Ushan

Sri Lankan cricketer

V

Vishad Randika

Sri Lankan cricketer

B

Buddika Sanjeewa

Sri Lankan cricketer

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

Nearby places in Western

• Rawathawatta
  0.6 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Moratuwa
  1 mi away · pop. 207,000
• Suwarapola
  2.5 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Bokundara
  3.6 mi away · pop. 500
• Miriswatte
  3.8 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Kawdana
  3.9 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Karagampitiya
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,000
• Pirivena Junction
  4.3 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Dehiwala
  4.4 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Maviththara
  4.6 mi away · pop. 500
• Divulpitiya
  4.6 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Arewwala
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,000

Browse all places in Western →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Blue Button

Porpita porpita

Seen 2026-09-23

Plain Tiger Butterfly

Danaus chrysippus

Seen 2026-09-23

Eurasian Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax

Seen 2026-09-22

Rufous Marsh Glider

Rhodothemis rufa

Seen 2026-09-22

Three-striped Palm Squirrel

Funambulus palmarum

Seen 2026-09-22

Plain Prinia

Prinia inornata

Seen 2026-09-22

Grey Pansy

Junonia atlites

Seen 2026-09-22

Gray-headed Swamphen

Porphyrio poliocephalus

Seen 2026-09-22

Indian Five-fingered Frog

Phrynoderma hexadactylum

Seen 2026-09-22

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