Cinnamon Gardens ( ''Kurundu Vaththa'', ) is an affluent neighbourhood in

Colombo Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...

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located 3 kilometers south-east of Colombo's centre. Cinnamon Gardens is named for the former cinnamon plantation in this area. In the year 1789, there were of

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trees in the gardens. At present, Cinnamon Gardens is the location of the Prime Minister's Office,

Independence Hall Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, where both the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of ...

Colombo Town Hall The Town Hall of Colombo (, ) is the headquarters of the Colombo Municipal Council and the office of the mayor of Colombo. Built in front of the Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka, it is the meeting place for the elected municipal council. ...

and

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as well as numerous foreign

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and high commissions, located down streets lined with fine trees and mansions that are home to the country's elite. It is also the location of the Colombo Department of Meteorology and its observatory.

Demographic

Cinnamon Gardens is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic area. The major ethnic communities in Cinnamon Gardens are Sinhalese and

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. Ethnic minorities include Burghers and

Sri Lankan Moors Sri Lankan Moors (; Arwi: ; ; formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims) are an ethnic minority group in Sri Lanka, comprising 9.3% of the country's total population. Most of them are native speakers of the Tamil langua ...

. Religions include

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and various other religions and beliefs to a lesser extent.

Schools

Bishop's College (Sri Lanka) Bishop's College in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is a private girls' school founded by the Anglican Church of Ceylon in February 1875. Description Bishop's College is a private fee-levying Anglican girls' school in Sri Lanka with about 1900 students in a ...

* Buddhist Ladies' College * Carey College, Colombo *

Colombo International School Colombo International School (CIS) is a private co-educational school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1982 by Elizabeth Moir and employs an English-medium curriculum. In 1998 the school was expanded by the new Chairman of the Board of D ...

* D. S. Senanayake College *

Ladies' College, Colombo Ladies' College is a private girls' school in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka, founded on behalf of the Church Missionary Society by Lilian Nixon in 1900. The school is managed by the Church of Ceylon, Anglican Church of Ceylon, and falls ...

Musaeus College Musaeus College is a Buddhist private girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The school is named after its founding principal, Marie Musaeus Higgins (1855 – 10 July 1926) from Wismar, Germany, who served as the school's principal from 1891 t ...

Royal College Colombo Royal College, Colombo also known as; Royal Colombo, Colombo Royal College or Colombo Royal) is a boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started by Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Si ...

Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya (, ) is a public girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National State school, public school controlled by the central government, provide primary and secondary education. Overview The school was inaugurate ...

St Bridget's Convent, Colombo St. Bridget's Convent is a private girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was founded on February 1, 1902 by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd order, making it one of the earliest mission schools of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland in Ceylon. ...

Thurstan College Thurstan College () is a national school for boys in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka, providing primary and secondary education. It is located in the Cinnamon Gardens neighbourhood of Colombo 7 near the University of Colombo and the Roya ...

* Wycherley International School *Stafford International School *

Universities

University of Colombo The University of Colombo (informally Colombo University or UoC) is a Public University, public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the oldest institution of modern higher education in Sri Lanka. Specialised in t ...

University of the Visual & Performing Arts University of the Visual and Performing Arts (UVPA) (; ) is a public university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka, specialising in art, design, fashion and the performing arts. It was formerly known as the Government College of Fine Art ...

Sporting venues

Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground The Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground (SSC Cricket Ground) (; ) is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Sri Lanka, and the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. The ground is sometimes describe ...

Royal College Sports Complex The Royal College Sports Complex is the rugby union grounds of Royal College, Colombo, previously known as the Royal College Rugby Grounds. It serves as a multi-use stadium and sports complex. Built in 2000 with funds from the Royal College U ...

* D.S. Senanayake College Sports Complex * Thurstan College Cricket GroundsThurstan College Ground
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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is one of Sri Lanka's oldest cricket clubs founded in 1892 and competes in the Premier Trophy The Major League Tournament (formerly known as th ...

* Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club Grounds *

Colombo Cricket Club Ground Colombo Cricket Club Ground (CCCG; , ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is currently used mostly for domestic first-class cricket matches and for hosting warm up matches for touring teams. The stadium can hold 6,000 people an ...

Colombo Racecourse Colombo Racecourse () is a historical harness racing course in the Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo. During the Second World War, it was used as a temporary airfield. In 2012, it was redeveloped as the Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex to become the f ...

Nondescripts Cricket Club Nondescripts Cricket Club (also known by its initials NCC) is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The team plays at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground. History The club was founded in 1888. The name "Nondescripts" is derived ...

Buildings

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* Jefferson House *

Arcade Independence Square The Arcade Independence Square is a shopping complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Housed in a group of renovated buildings including the former Jawatta Lunatic Asylum and the former Western Provincial Council Building, it was built as a part of the In ...

Places of interest

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National Museum of Colombo The Colombo National Museum, also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum, is a museum in Colombo and the largest in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1877 and maintained by the Department of National Museums, it holds collections of significant importance ...

Viharamahadevi Park Viharamahadevi Park (; formerly Victoria Park, ) is a public park located in Cinnamon Gardens, in Colombo, situated in front of the colonial-era Town Hall, Colombo, Town Hall in Sri Lanka. It was built by the British colonial administration and is ...

Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre The Nelum Pokuna Theatre (, ''nelum pokuna rangahala''; often known as Nelum Pokuna; previously the National Performing Arts Theatre, prior to naming at the opening ceremony after which the President Mahinda Rajapaksa named it after himself) is a ...

* SSC Cricket Ground * Colombo Race Course *

* Independence Square * Colombo Municipal Council (Town Hall) *

Colombo public Library Colombo Public Library is the largest public library in Sri Lanka, located in Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. History The first public library in the country was the United Service Library, which was established in 1813. It was used exclusively by civil ...

* BMICH *

Planetarium A planetarium (: planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant feature of most planetariums is ...

National Art Gallery, Sri Lanka The National Art Gallery in Colombo, Sri Lanka was the first state-sponsored art gallery built in the country. The gallery is located in Cinnamon Gardens near the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre, Viharamahadevi Park, the National Museum of ...

* World War Memorial Park *

Lionel Wendt Art Centre The Lionel Wendt Art Centre is a major art centre and theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, dedicated to the memory of Sri Lankan photographic artist Lionel Wendt. It combines live theatre and art exhibition, with two exhibition galleries and two thea ...

Diplomatic missions

*High Commission of Australia *High Commission of Canada *Embassy of Netherlands *High Commission of South Africa *Embassy of Iran *Embassy of China *Embassy of Vietnam *Embassy of Qatar *Embassy of France *Embassy of Indonesia *Embassy of Japan *Embassy of Kuwait *Embassy of Myanmar *Embassy of Pakistan *Embassy of Romania *Embassy of the Russian Federation *Embassy of Saudi Arabia *Embassy of Switzerland *Embassy of the United Arab Emirates *High Commission of the United Kingdom *Embassy of Thailand *High Commission of Bangladesh *Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil *Embassy of Libya *Embassy of South Korea * Consulate of Poland * Consulate of Bulgaria

Gallery

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References

{{Suburbs of Colombo Districts of Colombo Populated places in Western Province, Sri Lanka