Talawakelle
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Talawakelle (, ) is a town in Nuwara Eliya District in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. It is the centre of the Dimbula tea planting district, the largest tea growing area in Sri Lanka. It is situated on A7 Colombo-Nuwara Eliya highway. The altitude of Talawakelle is . Talawakelle railway station is one of the major stops of Udarata (Sinhala "Hill Country") or Main railway line. The town is administered by Talawakelle-Lindula urban council.
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- Locality
- Talawakele
- Region
- Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 3,545
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Central Province
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Talawakelle (, ) is a town in Nuwara Eliya District in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. It is the centre of the Dimbula tea planting district, the largest tea growing area in Sri Lanka. It is situated on A7 Colombo-Nuwara Eliya highway. The altitude of Talawakelle is . Talawakelle railway station is one of the major stops of Udarata (Sinhala "Hill Country") or Main railway line. The town is administered by Talawakelle-Lindula urban council.
Located in the Colombo-Badulla railway line, and Avissawella - Nuware Eliya main Road (A7) the town serves as a gateway to Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Nuwara Eliya and tourists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Talawakelle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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