Maharagama
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Maharagama is a Town, Municipal Area in the Colombo
District and a suburb of Colombo Sri Lanka
. Situated on the High-Level (A4) Road about 15 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo, Maharagama is the city with the third largest population (approx. 300,000), in Sri Lanka. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb of Colombo. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the city possesses facilities like Super Markets, Department Stores, Clothing Shops, Food and Beverages Shops to fulfill the needs of Citizens.
Apart from that, there are number of Bus Routes passing the area as well as starting from the City itself that connect Maharagama to all the suburbs. Also there's a Depot of the Sri Lanka Transport Board located in Maharagama.
Surroundings - Boralesgamuwa
, Nugegoda
, Kottawa
, Hokandara.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
District and a suburb of Colombo Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. Situated on the High-Level (A4) Road about 15 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo, Maharagama is the city with the third largest population (approx. 300,000), in Sri Lanka. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb of Colombo. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the city possesses facilities like Super Markets, Department Stores, Clothing Shops, Food and Beverages Shops to fulfill the needs of Citizens.
Apart from that, there are number of Bus Routes passing the area as well as starting from the City itself that connect Maharagama to all the suburbs. Also there's a Depot of the Sri Lanka Transport Board located in Maharagama.
Surroundings - Boralesgamuwa
Boralesgamuwa
Boralesgamuwa is a small town situated in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It situated on the Colombo-Horana Road about 12 km away from commercial capital Colombo. The Boralesgamuwa junction was formerly known as Nagass Handiya....
, Nugegoda
Nugegoda
Nugegoda is one of the most densely populated suburbs of Colombo. It is in the border of Sri Jayawardenapura Municipal Council Limits and Dehiwela Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council Limits, just outside Colombo City Limits. Central Nugegoda is a collection of densely packed shops and mixed residential...
, Kottawa
Kottawa
Kottawa is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, administered by the Maharagama Urban Council. Located 18km from Colombo, it can be reached via A4 highway and by train on via the Kelani Valley Railway Line. The northern end of the Southern Expressway is about 2km east of Kottawa on the High Level Road...
, Hokandara.
Important places around Maharagama
- National Youth Center
- National Institute of Education
- Cancer Hospital and Government Cancer Institute (National Cancer Institute)
- Sri Vajiragnana Dharmayatanaya (Bhikkhu Training Center)
- National Teachers' Training College
- National Ayurvedic Hospital
- lake
- University of Sri JayawardenaPura