Maharagama
Sign in to saveMaharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the High-Level (A4) Road about from the centre of the commercial capital. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the town possesses facilities like supermarkets, department stores, clothing, food and beverages shops to fulfill the needs of citizens.
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Place details
- Locality
- Maharagama
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 195,355
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Maharagama
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Suburb
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Maharagama in Colombo District
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka Colombo District
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Colombo District
- Settlement.government_type
- Urban Council
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 195,355
- Settlement.timezone
- SLT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5:30
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal Code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 10280
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Maharagama Urban Council
- Zone
- Demographics
- [[Vesak]] Pandol
- Important places around Maharagama
- Schools in Maharagama
- Public transport
- Railway
- Bus routes
- References
- External links
Maharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the High-Level (A4) Road about from the centre of the commercial capital. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the town possesses facilities like supermarkets, department stores, clothing, food and beverages shops to fulfill the needs of citizens.
There are number of bus routes passing the area and starting from the suburb that connect Maharagama to all the suburbs. The Sri Lanka Transport Board has a depot in Maharagama.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maharagama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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