Time zone SLT (UTC+5:30) Elevation 28 m | Postal Code 10115 Local time Sunday 4:56 AM | |
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Weather 25°C, Wind SE at 3 km/h, 93% Humidity Neighborhoods Pittugala, Udaya Mavatha, Malabe North | ||
Malabe (මාලඹේ, மாலபே) is a suburb of Colombo in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road (Kaduwela Road) about 10 km (6.2 mi) away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is very important economic center in Colombo city.
Contents
- Map of Malabe Sri Lanka
- Industries
- Education
- Schools
- Demographics
- Transportation
- Other means
- Suburbs
- References
Map of Malabe, Sri Lanka
Industries
Malabe is the home to the MillenniumIT (known as Millennium Information Technologies or MIT), a Sri Lankan-based information technology firm that specialises in electronic trading systems and a fully owned technology business sector of London Stock Exchange Group.
Education
There are number of state and private Schools in Malabe and there are several private degree awarding institutes.
Schools
Demographics
Malabe is a Sinhala majority area; there are minor communities belonging to other ethnic groups, such as Moors and Tamils. Malabe has some Buddhist religious places of the Sinhalese belonging to the Theravada school which includes the local branch of the Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery
Transportation
New Kandy Road (17) from Ethul Kotte to Balummahara via Malabe,Kaduwela, Kirindiwela and extending to Kandy along A1 highway:
Local buses serving via B240 Rajagiriya - Bope road:
Local buses serving via B263 Malabe - Kaduwela Road:
Local buses terminating at Malabe: