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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).
Kandy (Sinhala: මහනුවර Mahanuwara, pronounced ⓘ [mahanuʋərə]; Tamil: கண்டி Kandy, pronounced ⓘ) is a major city located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy . [ 1 ]
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English: Map of the city of Kandy and environs (1:50,000), incl. two smaller, inserted maps showing Kandy city centre (1:20,000) and the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya (1:15,000). Labelled in English.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. In 2016, the garden was visited by 1.2 million locals and 400,000 foreign visitors. [1] It is near the Mahaweli River (the longest river in Sri Lanka). [2] It is renowned for its collection of orchids.
The provinces of Sri Lanka were established by the British in 1833. In independent Sri Lanka, provinces did not have any legal status or power until 1987, when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. [3] [4] Colonial head mudaliyars. Sir Christofel de-Silva (1824–1842)
Kiribathkumbura is a suburb of the city of Kandy, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It lies on the A1 highway , approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) from Kandy and 102 km (63 mi) from Colombo . Just on the edge of the suburb towards Colombo is the Highway Museum Complex .
The A1 road (commonly known as the Colombo - Kandy Road or just the Kandy Road) is an A-Grade trunk road in Sri Lanka. It connects the capital city of Colombo with Kandy . [ 1 ]