🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Kandy
Kandy is a major city located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy. The city is situated in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau. Kandy is the administrative capital of the Central Province, and considered as the cultural capital of Sri Lanka, due to its architectural heritage. Kandy is the home of the Temple of the Tooth Relic, one of the most important places of the Buddhist world. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. Historically the local Buddhist rulers resisted Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial expansion and occupation.
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 111,701
- Time zone
- Asia/Colombo
- Coordinates
- 7.29, 80.63
How far Kandy is from other cities in Sri Lanka
- Katunayaka83 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 23 min
- Negombo89 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 29 min
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte92 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 32 min
- Maharagama92 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 32 min
- Pita Kotte92 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 32 min
- Colombo95 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 35 min
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia98 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 38 min
- Moratuwa101 km✈ 52 min · 🚗 1 h 41 min
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