Hanwella

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Hanwella is a town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, situated along the Kelani River and known historically as a strategic river crossing and plantation area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hanwella canonical 2

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeDivision Hanwella Divisional Secretariat ⓘ
administrativeLevel local town ⓘ
belongsTo Sri Lanka Western Region urban–rural belt ⓘ
linked to: Western Sri Lanka
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
crossesBy Colombo–Ratnapura road ⓘ
distanceFromColombo about 30 km ⓘ
hasAreaCode 011 ⓘ
hasFeature Kelani River floodplain ⓘ
bridge over Kelani River ⓘ
hasNearbyIndustrialActivity small-scale industries ⓘ
hasNearbyLandUse mixed residential and plantation land ⓘ
hasNearbyTown Avissawella ⓘ
Kaduwela ⓘ
Padukka ⓘ
Pugoda ⓘ
hasPostalCode 10650 ⓘ
historicalRole plantation area ⓘ
strategic river crossing ⓘ
knownFor coconut plantations ⓘ
rubber plantations ⓘ
tea plantations ⓘ
languageMajority Sinhala ⓘ
locatedEastOf Colombo ⓘ
locatedIn Colombo District ⓘ
Western Province ⓘ
locatedOn A4 highway ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kelani River ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ
provinceCapitalDistance about 30 km from Colombo city centre ⓘ
region low-country wet zone ⓘ
religionMajority Buddhism ⓘ
riverBank Kelani River left bank in many sections ⓘ
strategicImportance historical military and trade route crossing point ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
transportMode bus ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombo District → contains → Hanwella ⓘ
Kelani River → passesNear → Hanwella ⓘ