Nugegoda

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Nugegoda

Total population

15,000

Elevation15 m

Coordinates6.87°, 79.89°

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

Overview

Nugegoda is a large, densely populated suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is located just south of Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte/Maharagama and north-east of Dehiwela Mt. Lavinia. It has a population of over 250,000 people.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

D

D. R. Nanayakkara

Sri Lankan actor (1915-1989)

W. A. Silva

Sri Lankan writer

A

Anoma Fonseka

Sri Lankan activist

A

Anton Jones

Sri Lankan singer

I

Ignacio Peries

Argentinian catholic priest

J

Jagath Wickramasinghe

Sri Lankan musician

Kasun Kalhara

Sri Lankan musician

K

Kumara Welgama

Sri Lankan 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

S

Sanath Nandasiri

musician

T

Titus Thotawatte

Veteran Sri Lankan film Director and editor (1929–2011)

Udara Palliyaguruge

Sri Lankan filmmaker

N

Nandasena Perera

Sri Lankan golfer (1954-2019)

C. V. Vigneswaran

Sri Lankan politician, judge

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

Nearby places in Western

• Delkanda
  1 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Gangodawila
  1.1 mi away
• Divulpitiya
  1.4 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Bellanvila
  1.7 mi away
• Karagampitiya
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,000
• Nawala
  1.8 mi away
• Dehiwala
  2 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Boralesgamuwa South
  2.3 mi away
• Pirivena Junction
  2.4 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
  2.4 mi away · pop. 115,826
• Aththidiya
  2.5 mi away
• Watarappola
  2.5 mi away

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 plumbago

Plumbago auriculata

Seen 2026-09-27

Phanera kockiana

Phanera kockiana

Seen 2026-09-27

pink kopsia

Kopsia fruticosa

Seen 2026-09-27

Starfruit

Averrhoa carambola

Seen 2026-09-27

Tridax Daisy

Tridax procumbens

Seen 2026-09-27

Coleus

Coleus scutellarioides

Seen 2026-09-27

Blue Pea

Clitoria ternatea

Seen 2026-09-27

Queen's Wreath

Petrea volubilis

Seen 2026-09-27

Crêpe ginger

Hellenia speciosa

Seen 2026-09-27

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