Malabe

Malabe මාලඹේ மாலபே
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, மாலபே) is a suburb of Colombo in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road (Kaduwela Road) about 10 km (6.2 mi) 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), a Sri Lankan-based information technology firm that specialises 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

Malabe Boys School
Sri Rahula Balika Maha Vidyalaya

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

Transportation

New Kandy Road (17) from Ethul Kotte to Balummahara via Malabe,Kaduwela, Kirindiwela and extending to Kandy along A1 highway:

17 - Panadura - Kandy
17/255 - Panadura - Kandy
17/08 - Galle - Matale
17/02 - Matara - Gampaha
17/05 - Kurunegala - Battaramulla

Local buses serving via B240 Rajagiriya - Bope road:

170 - Athurugiriya - Pettah
190 - Meegoda - Pettah

Local buses serving via B263 Malabe - Kaduwela Road:

177 - Kollupitiya - Kaduwela

Local buses terminating at Malabe:

993 - Maharagama - Malabe
336 - Kottawa - Malabe
336/1 - Kottawa - Malabe (via Horahena)
344 - Athurugiriya - Malabe

Other means

A proposed Multi-modal transport hub is to be constructed to link the city to the Colombo Monorail and BRT.
Malabe is located near the entrance to the Outer-circular Expressway Kaduwela interchange.

Suburbs

Metropolitan cities of Sri Lanka

National capitals^#	Colombo^* (Commercial) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)

Municipal councils	Kandy^* Anuradhapura^* Galle^* Jaffna^* Ratnapura^* Badulla^* Kurunegala^* Kaduwela Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Moratuwa Negombo Kalmunai Batticaloa Matara Gampaha Matale Akkaraipattu Bandarawela Nuwara Eliya Dambulla Hambantota

Urban councils	Trincomalee^* Ambalangoda Ampara Balangoda Beruwala Boralesgamuwa Chavakachcheri Chilaw Embilipitiya Eravur Gampola Haputale Hatton-Dickoya Hikkaduwa Horana Ja-Ela Kadugannawa Kalutara Kattankudy Katunayake Seeduwa Kegalle Kesbewa Kinniya Kolonnawa Kuliyapitiya Maharagama Mannar Minuwangoda Nawalapitiya Panadura Peliyagoda Point Pedro Puttalam Seethawakapura Talawakelle-Lindula Tangalle Valvettithurai Vavuniya Wattala Wattegama Weligama

Note: ^* also a Provincial capital, ^# also a Municipal council

Suburbs of Colombo

Colombo Inner	Bambalapitiya Bloemendhal Borella Cinnamon Gardens Dematagoda Fort (Colombo) Grandpass Havelock Town Hultsdorf Kirilapone Kollupitiya Kotahena Kohuwala Madampitiya Maligawatta Maradana Mattakkuliya Modara Narahenpita Pamankada Panchikawatte Pettah Slave Island Union Place Welikada Wellawatte

Sri J'pura-Kotte	Ethul Kotte Nawala Nugegoda Pita Kotte Rajagiriya Welikada

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	Attidiya Dehiwala Kalubowila Kohuwala Mount-Lavinia Nedimala Ratmalana

Colombo Outer	Battaramulla Batuwatta Boralesgamuwa Dalugama Ekala Homagama Hokandara Ja-Ela Kadawatha Kaduwela Kandana Kiribathgoda Kolonnawa Koswatte Kotikawatta Kottawa Maharagama Malabe Moratuwa Pannipitiya Peliyagoda Piliyandala Ragama Thalawathugoda Wattala Wickramasinhapura

Main Article: Colombo

References

↑ http://mohanjith.net/postal_codes/western/colombo/10115-malabe.html

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