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Place details
- Locality
- Padeniya
- Region
- Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 66,716
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dambulla-outside.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Dambulla cave temple
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Central Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Matale District
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Matale District
- Population
- +91550
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Dambulla-outside.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Dambulla Cave Temple
- Demographics
- Ethnicity in Dambulla town (2012)
- Time line
- Sports
- See also
- References
- External links
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Dambulla ( Dam̆bulla, Tampuḷḷai) is a city situated in the north of Matale District, in Sri Lanka's Central Province. It is the second largest populated and urbanised centre after Matale in the Matale District. It is situated north-east of Colombo, north of Matale and north of Kandy. Due to its location at a major junction, it is the centre of major vegetable distribution in the country.