Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Coordinates: 6 ° 50 '  N , 79 ° 53'  E
State :	Sri Lanka
Province :	Western province
District :	Colombo
Residents:	210,000 (2001)

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia ( Tamil : தெகிவளை-கல்கிசை, Sinhala : දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස) is the second largest city in Sri Lanka . It is a southern suburb of the capital Colombo and consists of the formerly independent cities Dehiwala and Mount Lavinia. Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia had about 210,000 inhabitants in 2001.

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia has large Christian and Tamil minorities. There is a zoo in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. The main attraction, however, is the colonial-style Mt. Lavinia Hotel.

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Mount Lavinia Hotel, 2005

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sri Lanka General Information on geohive.com (English). ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (According to the July 17, 2001 census, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia had 210,546 residents.)  
2. ↑ Population by Ethnicity according to Urban Area (Provisional) ( Memento from March 11, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) 2001