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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.
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
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
The western slopes are very wet, some places have almost 7,000 mm of rain per year. The eastern slopes are parts of the mid-dry zone and receives rain only from the North-Eastern monsoon. Temperatures range from 24 °C in Kandy to 16 °C in Nuwara Eliya, which is 1,889 m above sea level.
Kandy District (Sinhala: මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය, Tamil: கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. [2] Its area is 1,940 km 2 (750 sq mi).