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Horana
Sign in to saveHorana (, ) is a city administered by an Urban Council in the Kalutara District of the Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated along the A8 highway between Panadura and Ratnapura, approximately from Panadura and from Ratnapura. Horana is also connected to Colombo via the B84 Colombo–Horana Road, at a distance of about .
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Place details
- Locality
- Galedandugoda
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 8,982
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Western Province
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Official website
- www.horanacity.com
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Horana (, ) is a city administered by an Urban Council in the Kalutara District of the Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated along the A8 highway between Panadura and Ratnapura, approximately from Panadura and from Ratnapura. Horana is also connected to Colombo via the B84 Colombo–Horana Road, at a distance of about .
Horana is the hometown of former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ratnasiri Wickremanayake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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