Malabe

Malabe

මාලඹේ

மழபே
Suburb
Motto: The Cyber suburb of Colombo
Malabe

Location of Malabe in Sri Lanka

Coordinates: 6°54′13″N 79°57′17″E / 6.90361°N 79.95472°E / 6.90361; 79.95472Coordinates: 6°54′13″N 79°57′17″E / 6.90361°N 79.95472°E / 6.90361; 79.95472
Country Sri Lanka
Province Western Province
District Colombo District
Elevation 28 m (92 ft)
Time zone SLT (UTC+5:30)
Postal Code 10115 [1]

Malabe මාලඹේ is a suburb of Colombo city in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road (Kaduwela Road) about 10 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is very important economic center in Colombo city.

Industries

MillenniumIT

Malabe is the home to the MillenniumIT (known as Millennium Information Technologies or MIT) which a Sri Lanka-based information technology firm that specializes 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

Degree Awarding Institutes / Private Universities

SLIIT

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

Infrastructure

Health

The main private hospital of area situated at Millennium Drive, Chandrika Kumaratunga Mawatha is known as Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital which is the teaching hospital to the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM).[2]

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:

Other means

Suburbs

References

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