Mabola, Sri Lanka

Urban Council in Western Province, Sri Lanka
7°00′0″N 79°54′0″E / 7.00000°N 79.90000°E / 7.00000; 79.90000CountrySri LankaProvinceWestern ProvinceDistrictGampaha DistrictZoneKelaniyaPolice DivisionWattalaPopulation
 (2001)
 • Total29,880Time zone+5.30

Mabola or Mabole is a town and Urban Council in Gampaha District in the Western Province of Sri Lanka.[1] With Wattala it forms Wattala–Mabola urban council. It is located in Negombo road and it is the route for travel to Bandaranaike International Airport. The newly constructed, Sri Lanka's second E Class highway, Colombo - Katunayake Expressway E03 crosses to the seaside through Mabola.

Education

Sinhala medium schools in Mabola are St.Mary's Maha Vidyalaya and Sri Siddhartha Maha Vidyalaya. There is only one Tamil medium Muslim school, Al-Asraff Maha Vidyalaya. Rawlathus Saliheen Ahadiya School is conducted in Mabola& Al- Asraff Ahadiya School

Religious Sites

  • Mabola Jum'ah Mosque
  • St. Mary's Church
  • Welikadamulla Temple

References

  1. ^ "Mabole". Maplandia World Gazetteer. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
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