Colombo District ( Sinhala : කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කය kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya ; Tamil : கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam ) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka , the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent ) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka . The capital of the district is the city of Colombo . The district of Colombo was officially recorded in 2016 as having the highest income on average, per household.
6-533: Wellawatta is a neighbourhood of Colombo , Sri Lanka. It lies immediately south of Bambalapitiya and is classified as zone 6 within the Colombo Municipal region. The town begins at the old Dutch canal just before the Savoy Cinema and extends south to the same canal that reaches the sea just before the junction at Hospital Road where Dehiwela begins. It is bounded on the west by the waters of
12-776: The Indian Ocean and extends to Pamankada where Havelock Road forks and meets the Sri Saranankara Road bridge, which stretches over the Dutch canal, extending towards Kohuwala-Hospital Road junction on Dutugemunu Street. The name Wellawatta means 'Sandy Garden' in Sinhalese and 'White Garden' in Tamil. During the colonial period, much of present day Wellawatta was made of coconut estates owned by European families, particularly that of Charlemont Jonathan Gauder. Many of
18-606: The Low Country Sinhalese administration. In 1833, in accordance with the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission , the ethnic based administrative structures were unified into a single administration divided into five geographic provinces. Colombo District, together with Kalutara , Puttalam , Seven Korales (present day Kurunegala District ), Three Korales, Four Korales and Lower Bulatgama (present day Kegalle District ) formed
24-465: The canal areas. Colombo District Colombo District was part of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kotte . The district then came under Portuguese , Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon . They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese and Tamil. Colombo District was part of
30-592: The new Western Province . At the time that Ceylon gained independence , Colombo was one of the two districts located in the Western Province. Parts of the district were transferred to newly created Gampaha District in September 1978. Colombo District is located in the south west of Sri Lanka and has an area of 699 square kilometres (270 sq mi). Colombo District is divided into 13 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by
36-511: The roads and place names bear the names of the Gauder family including Charlemont, Frederica, Collingwood, Alexandra and Frances. The landmark Savoy cinema was built by CV De Silva in the 1940s. In the 1980s, the area drew many Tamils fleeing the civil war from the north of the country. Today, Wellawatta is a built up commercial and residential area with a small amount of light industry. Posh new apartment complexes coexist with slums particularly along
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