Haliyadda is a village in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. It is located within the
Kandy district of
Central Province. It is from
Kandy, the capital of Central Province, and from
Colombo.
The closest airport is
Bandaranaike International Airport which is to the west. The
campaign of Danture
The Danture campaign comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. It is considered a turning point in the indigenous resistance to Portuguese expansion. For t ...
took place 1.2 kilometres away (0.75 mi), and the sacred city of Kandy is another nearby historical site.
See also
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List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka
Central Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Kandy District, Matale District, and Nuwara Eliya District. The following is a list of settlements in the province.
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Abasingammedda, Adhikarigama, Agalakumbura, Agalawa ...
References
External links
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Government map of Kandy District, Sri Lanka
Populated places in Kandy District
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