Talawakele

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Talawakele

Total population

5,000

Air quality index

36Good

Coordinates6.94°, 80.66°

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

Talawakelle is a town in Nuwara Eliya District in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. It is the centre of the Dimbula tea planting district, the largest tea growing area in Sri Lanka. It is situated on A7 Colombo-Nuwara Eliya highway. The altitude of Talawakelle is 1,198 metres (3,930 ft). Talawakelle railway station is one of the major stops of Udarata or Main railway line. The town is administered by Talawakelle-Lindula urban council.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

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

Periyasamy Chandrasekaran

Sri Lankan politician (1957-2010)

Eric Shipton

British explorer (1907–1977)

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Alex Forrest

British fencer

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Marjorie Blamey

British botanical illustrator (1918-2019)

Shelton Payagala

Sri Lankan film director

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Robin Boyd-Moss

English cricketer (born 1959)

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Ewart Morrison

cricketer (1899-1985)

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Roy Dutton

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Hasan Rushdy

cricketer

Premil Ratnayake

Sri Lankan journalist and writer

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

Nearby places in Central

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  4723.8 mi away · pop. 60
• Magdalensberg
  4724.7 mi away · pop. 92
• Lamprechtsberg
  4725.6 mi away · pop. 230
• Pfarrdorf
  4725.6 mi away · pop. 348
• Lavamünd
  4726.2 mi away · pop. 2,787
• Krottendorf
  4726.4 mi away · pop. 142
• Schwarzenbach
  4726.8 mi away · pop. 112
• Weißenstein
  4729.2 mi away · pop. 671
• Gemmersdorf
  4729.9 mi away · pop. 687
• Unterdorf/Dolnja vas
  4730.1 mi away · pop. 42
• Obergösel
  4730.3 mi away · pop. 130
• Sankt Georgen/Šentjur
  4730.5 mi away · pop. 40

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

common water hyacinth

Pontederia crassipes

Seen 2026-05-15

pink knotweed

Persicaria capitata

Seen 2026-04-29

Whistling Lizard

Calotes liolepis

Seen 2026-04-26

Black-cheek lizard

Calotes nigrilabris

Seen 2026-04-23

Rhino Horn Lizard

Ceratophora stoddartii

Seen 2026-04-22

Ceylon tiger

Parantica taprobana

Seen 2026-04-21

Ceylon Krait

Bungarus ceylonicus

Seen 2026-04-14

Rhododendron arboreum zeylanicum

Rhododendron arboreum zeylanicum

Seen 2026-04-13

Sri Lanka Kangaroo Lizard

Otocryptis wiegmanni

Seen 2026-04-11

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

Gallery

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

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