Malabe

Malabe
Malabe

මලබේ

மழபே
Nickname(s): IT King City
Motto: The Cyber City of SriLanka
Malabe is located in Sri Lanka
Malabe
Location of Malabe in Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 6°54′13″N 79°57′17″E / 6.90361°N 79.95472°E / 6.90361; 79.95472Coordinates: 6°54′13″N 79°57′17″E / 6.90361°N 79.95472°E / 6.90361; 79.95472
Country  Sri Lanka
Province Western Province
District Colombo District
Established
Elevation 28 m (92 ft)
Time zone SLT (UTC+5:30)
Postal Code 10115 [1]

Malabe is a town and municipal area in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the Kandy road (A1) Road about 16 km away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. Regarded as a modern, hi-tech, secure and prosperous city in Sri Lanka, Malabe covers (14 km²) and ranks as the 2nd largest city by size. Malabe's gross city product in 2009 was Rs19.2 billion. Malabe is a very important economic centre in Sri Lanka. Malabe City is the leading center of Education..IT, banking, finance and communications in the Sri Lanka.

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Industries

Malabe is the proposed location for the IT park of Sri Lanka and is home to the Millennium IT, an IT company in Sri Lanka.

Other companies like WPM (Weerasinghe Property Management)near Fashion Corner close to SLIIT is known as a home design center for house plans, designs and constructions.

Malabe consists of hotels, campuses, high schools, parks, shopping, and is considered to be a main business point in Sri Lanka.

Education institutions

An eye catching view of SLIIT's Malabe campus.

It is the site of the Malabe Campus of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. Popular schools in the area include Rahula Balika Vidyalaya and Malabe Boys' Model school.

Other Institutions -

  • FUTURE Net - Gemunupura
  • CINEC - Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College - Engineering Studies, Maritime Studies, Logistics, IT, Business
  • SAITM - South Asia Institute of Technology & Management and Medical Faculty
  • HORIZON COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL - Playgroup to A/L
  • HORIZON CAMPUS - Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies

Transport

A1 - New Kandy Road High way Colombo to Kandy
177 Bus Kolpity to Kaduwela 170/190 as public transport
A proposed subway and railway (MRT) system will be introduced soon from Malabe to Colombo

Fashion

  • Fashion Corner (WTC) discount shop for ladies, mens and kids fashionware and for saree blouses.

Located 100m from SLIIT towards Kaduwela side.

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