Piliyanadala is a suburb of 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...

n capital 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...

, which is situated approximately 18 km south of Colombo.

Piliyandala, Sri Lanka is one of the relatively more populated cities located in the Colombo District of the Western Province, Sri Lanka

Western Province

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 and it is surrounded by Moratuwa

Moratuwa

Moratuwa is a city on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwela-Mount Lavinia. It is situated on the Galle–Colombo main highway, 18 km south of the capital, Colombo. Moratuwa is surrounded on three sides by water, except in the north of the city, by the Indian Ocean on the west...

, Kesbawa, 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...

, Pannipitiya

Pannipitiya

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

, Bandaragama, and Kahathuduwa, which are suburban cities nearby. Although previously known as a residential town, the congestion and traffic of colombo is starting to reach the heart of Piliyandala as well.

Two major roads run through the city of Piliyandala. The road connecting Colombo and Horana, known as the 120 bus route and the road connecting Mountlavinia and Kottawa (the 255 bus route). The beaches of Mountlavinia are a 15-30 minute drive away from Piliyandala town.There are other bus routes from Maharagama to Piliyandala , Bandaragama to Pilyandala(the 162 bus route).

Piliyandala has a thriving market in the city center (next to the clock tower).

The city is well known for the bus bombing

2008 Piliyandala bus bombing

The 2008 Piliyandala bombing was a bombing of a commuter bus carried out on April 25, 2008 in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka, a suburb of Colombo. The bombing killed 26 and injured at least 64,...

, which was committed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a separatist militant organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Vellupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist and nationalist campaign to create an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka for Tamil...

. Outside of this event, Piliyandala is a safe city, not known for other violent events, which made the 2008 event a big shock to residents.

The oldest clock tower in Sri Lanka is situated in Piliyanadala.

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