Kollupitiya is a major city in Colombo

Colombo

Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...

, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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. The name Kollupitiya comes from the name of a chief from Kandy who had unsuccessfully attempted to dethrone the last king of Kandy. During the period of British

United Kingdom

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 and Dutch

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 administration, a brewery

Brewery

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 had commenced in Kollupitiya which converted coconut treacle into liquor. Nowadays the suburb is mostly a commercial area containing fashionable high-end shopping malls. Some foreign embassies are located in Kollupitiya. Maha Nuge Gardens

Maha Nuge Gardens

Maha Nuge Gardens is a private lane located in the Kollupitiya district in the city of Colombo . Even though it is called a garden, nothing of any importance is grown here. The lane runs off the main Colombo highway called Galle Road,leading to the commercial district of Fort, via the Galle Face...

 is also a prominent private laneway

Lane

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 in Kollupitiya.

Demographic

Kollupitiya is a multi-religious and multi-ethnic area. The major ethnic communities in Kollupitiya are Sinhalese. There are also various have minorities such as Burghers

Burgher people

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, Tamils, Arab descendants

Sri Lankan Moors

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 and others. Religions include Buddhism

Buddhism

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, Hinduism

Hinduism

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, Islam

Islam

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, Christianity

Christianity

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 and various other religions and beliefs to a lesser extent.

Universities

• Auston Campus (Coventry University,)