Nawalapitiya

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Nawalapitiya

Total population

15,400

Elevation586 m

Coordinates7.06°, 80.54°

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

Overview

Nawalapitiya is a town in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an Urban Council. It is 38 km (24 mi) from Kandy and 112 km (70 mi) from Colombo, at a height of 589 m (1,932 ft) above sea level. It is located on the banks of the Mahaweli Ganga. The area was developed during the colonisation of the island by the British, as one of the colony's centres of Coffee Production.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Rauff Hakeem

Sri Lankan politician

Vadivel Suresh

Sri Lankan politician

M

Mahindananda Aluthgamage

member of parliament

S

Sarath Wimalaratne

cricketer

G

Gethsie Shanmugam

teacher and couseller

U

U. B. Unamboowe

Sri Lankan politician

R

R. R. Samarakoon

Sri Lankan actress and dramatist

J

J. D. Weerasekera

ceylonese politician

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

Nearby places in Central

• Ossiélé
  4605.6 mi away
• Bandoye
  4665.6 mi away
• Loyo
  4687.9 mi away
• Mvouara
  4688.2 mi away
• Sibiti
  4691.8 mi away
• Lorenzenberg
  4712 mi away · pop. 60
• Lamprechtsberg
  4713.7 mi away · pop. 230
• Pfarrdorf
  4713.8 mi away · pop. 348
• Lavamünd
  4714.4 mi away · pop. 2,787
• Achalm
  4714.9 mi away · pop. 178
• Schwarzenbach
  4715 mi away · pop. 112
• Weißenstein
  4717.4 mi away · pop. 671

Browse all places in Central →

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

Symplocos coronata

Symplocos coronata

Seen 2026-05-21

Orange Jasmine

Murraya paniculata

Seen 2026-05-12

Campylospermum serratum

Campylospermum serratum

Seen 2026-05-12

Black-capped Bulbul

Rubigula melanictera

Seen 2026-05-06

Black Prince

Rohana parisatis

Seen 2026-05-06

Litsea iteodaphne

Litsea iteodaphne

Seen 2026-05-05

Whistling Lizard

Calotes liolepis

Seen 2026-04-26

Sri Lanka Kangaroo Lizard

Otocryptis wiegmanni

Seen 2026-04-26

Spot-winged Thrush

Geokichla spiloptera

Seen 2026-04-21

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Nawalapitiya, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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