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Kandy

a city in central Sri Lanka: capital of the kingdom of Kandy from 1480 until 1815, when occupied by the British; sacred Buddhist temple; University of Sri Lanka. Pop.: 112 000 (2005 est.)
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Kandy

 

(in Sinhalese, Maha Nuwara; literally, “great city”), acity in Sri Lanka; administrative center of Central Province. Population, 76, 000 (1970). Railroad station. More than a thirdof the country’s tea estates are concentrated in the region. Adivision of Ceylon University that was formerly located in Colombo is in Kandy. A palace dating from the 13th century isamong the architectural monuments. The well-known Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, which were founded in 1821, arelocated 5 km southwest of the city. Kandy was the capital of thelast Sinhalese kingdom (15th century-1815), which was disman-tled by the British colonists.

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