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Sacred City of Kandy

Also known as Kandy, Mahanuwara, මහනුවර

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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Sacred City of Kandy is about 4 km west of Kandy. The nearest other World Heritage site is Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, about 25 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Kandy · about 112,000 peopleabout 4 km east
  • Badulla · about 48,000 peopleabout 60 km south-east
  • Ratnapura · about 48,000 peopleabout 70 km south
  • Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte · about 116,000 peopleabout 85 km south-west
  • Colombo · about 217,000 peopleabout 95 km south-west
  • Moratuwa · about 200,000 peopleabout 100 km south-west
Sacred City of KandyKandyBadullaCentral Highlands of Sri Lanka20 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context, and the dashed circle is the size of the site's area.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Sacred City of Kandy and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesCentral Highlands of Sri Lanka1Golden Temple of Dambulla2Ancient City of Sigiriya3Ancient City of Polonnaruwa4Sacred City of Anuradhapura5Sacred City of Kandy
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

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