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Mandaram Nuwara (Sinhala: මන්දාරම්නුවර), also known as Mandaramnuwara, is a small village situated at the foot of Pidurutalagala (Mount Pedro ...
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The main roads Colombo-Kandy and Kandy-Nuwara Eliya [6] are two of the most scenic roads of Sri Lanka; Colombo-Kandy [7] road passes through the rubber, tea plantations and rice paddies, Kandy-Nuwara Eliya road cuts through paddy fields and seamless tea plantations. Both roads claw their way up winding, rounding over the rings of hills.
Commonly known as the Kandy Road, the A1 was the first modern highway in the island. Construction began in 1820 under the orders of the British Governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet. Construction was carried out by Captain William Francis Dawson—who died during the project—along with Major Thomas Skinner.
Nuwara Eliya Town Road 2.41 B332 Nuwara Eliya - Uda Pussellawa 46.00 B333 Oddamavadi - Vahaneri 9.25 B334 Oddusudan - Nedunkerny 10.86 B335 Old Bazaar Road, Maharagama 0.80 B336 Old Kandy Road 0.69 B337 Old Road, Kattankudy 7.67 B338 Old Tangalle Road, Matara 2.41 B339 Olugantota - Pinnawala - Bogowantalawa 35.14 B340 ORR's Hill Road 3.38 B341
Avissawella-Nuwara Eliya: 119 A8 Panadura-Ratnapura: 68 A9 Kandy-Jaffna via Matale, Dambulla, Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Killinochchi: 321 A10 Katugastota-Puttalam: 124.58 A11 Maradankadawala-Tirikkondiadimadu via Polonnaruwa: 129.36 A12 Puttalam-Trincomalee: 176.99 A13 Galkulama-Anuradhapura: 17 A14 Medawachchiya-Talaimannar via Mannar: 114
The city of Kandy stands as its capital since 1469. The Central Province is located primarily in the central mountainous terrain of Sri Lanka. It is bordered by the North Central Province to the north, the Uva Province to the east, the North Western Province to the west and the Sabaragamuwa Province to the south and west.
The A9 highway north-bound begins at Kandy, in the central hills. The highway begins at the heart of the city, next to the Kandy Lake. Within Kandy, it meets the A1, A10, and A26 highways. It moves north through the hills to Matale. It passes Dombawela and Naula, before reaching Dambulla. At Dambulla, the A9 crosses the A6 highway.