Nawalapitiya
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Nawalapitiya
නාවලපිටිය நாவலப்பிட்டி | |
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 Nawalapitiya railway station | |
  Nawalapitiya Nawalapitiya | |
| Coordinates: 7°03′N 80°32′E / 7.050°N 80.533°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Central Province |
| District | Kandy District |
| Division | Pasbage Korale Division |
| Government | |
| • Type | Urban Council |
| • Body | Nawalapitiya Urban Council |
| • Chairman | Nishantha Kumara Ranasinghe |
| • Vice Chairman | Gamunu Sumathipala |
| Area | |
| 122.0 km2 (47.1 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 4.30 km2 (1.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| 59,917 (Pasbage Korale Division)[1] | |
| • Density | 491.1/km2 (1,272/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 13,338 (Nawalapitiya Urban Council)[2] |
| • Urban density | 3,102/km2 (8,030/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (Summer time) |
Nawalapitiya (Sinhala: නාවලපිටිය, Tamil: நாவலப்பிட்டி, romanized: Nāvalappiṭṭi) is a town in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an Urban Council. It is 38 km (24 mi) from Kandy and 112 km (70 mi) from Colombo, at a height of 589 m (1,932 ft) above sea level. It is located on the banks of the Mahaweli Ganga. The area was developed during the colonisation of the island by the British, as one of the colony's centres of Coffee Production.
Ethnic composition in the Pasbage Korale DS Division (which includes the Nawalapitiya Urban Council), according to the 2012 census, is Sinhalese (28,468; 47.51%), Tamils (22,134; 36.94%), Muslims (8,683; 14.49%), and others (632; 1.05%). Former Tamil cinema actor and Tamil Nadu chief minister M. G. Ramachandran, was born here.[3][4]
