Kottawa is a suburb of 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

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

, administered by the Maharagama

Maharagama

Maharagama is a Town, Municipal Area in the Colombo District and a suburb of Colombo Sri Lanka. Situated on the High-Level Road about 15 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo, Maharagama is the city with the third largest population , in Sri Lanka. It developed rapidly in...

 Urban Council. Located 18km from Colombo, it can be reached via A4 (Colombo - Batticaloa

Batticaloa

Batticaloa is a city in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka. It is the seat of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka. It is on the east coast, south by south east of Trincomalee, and is situated on an island.-Etymology:...

) highway and by train on via the Kelani Valley Railway Line

Kelani Valley Railway Line

The Kelani Valley Railway Line, in Sri Lanka, covering the breadth of Colombo District and some parts of Kegalla and Ratnapura Districts is owned, maintained and operated by the Sri Lanka Railways.- History :...

. The northern end of the Southern Expressway

Southern Expressway (Sri Lanka)

The Dakshina Lanka Distributor E01 also known as the Southern Lanka Express Highway or Southern Lanka Distributor or simply the Southern Expressway is Sri Lanka's first E Class highway...

 is about 2km east of Kottawa on the High Level Road (A4). The proposed Colombo Outer Circular Highway also extends from here towards north.

The name

The name Kottawa is derived from the Sinhalese kotten awa. by the time the name was shortened to "Kottawa".

Kottawa Town

Kottawa Town is located alongside the High Level Road (A4) between the Pannipitiya

Pannipitiya

Pannipitiya is an area in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Pannipitiya is subdivided into a number of smaller areas.-Areas in Pannipitiya:...

 and Homagama

Homagama

Homagama is a town situated 24km from the city of Colombo in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The Homagama pradeshiya sabha consists of the Homagama divisional secretariat division and 10 GN division of Padukka DS division. The total Land area is about is 137 km² of 90 GN division. The...

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Schools

• Kottawa Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya
  Kottawa Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya
  Kottawa Dharmapala Maha Vidyalaya founded in 1st of February 1970 in Kottawa. A Buddhist school in Sri Lanka, provides primary and secondary education....
  
  
• Ananda Vidyalaya, Kottawa
• Kottawa North Dharmapala Vidyalaya
• Vidyana Maha Vidyalaya
• Vijayagosa Vidyalaya