Hokandara

Hokandara හෝකන්දර ஹொகந்தர
Suburb
Hokandara
Coordinates: LK 6°52′49″N 79°58′0″E / 6.88028°N 79.96667°E / 6.88028; 79.96667
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province
Time zone	Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+5:30)
Postal code	10118

Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo city. It is located approximately fifteen (15) kilometers from the city center of Colombo, adjacent to Thalawathugoda on the West, Malabe on the North-west and Aturugiriya on the North-east. It sits astride the Hokandara-Kottawa Road and the Malabe-Aturugiriya (Borella) Road.

Originally a working-class and farming area, since the 1990s Hokandara has become an increasingly upper-middle and middle-class residential area.

History

The Rajavaliya mentions that King Rajasinghe I levied troops from Hokandara, prior to the Battle of Mulleriyawa in 1561.

Local facilities

Supermarkets - Cargills Food City, Vidyalaya Junction; Co-op Food City & LAUGFS supermarket, Hokandara South; Co-op Food City.
Banks - (People's Bank)
Schools - (Vidura College - Colombo - Thalawathugoda Campus, Hokandara Vidyaraja Maha Vidyalaya),Hokandara Vidayaloka vidayala.

Postal structure

The area is served by the Hokandara Post Office. It is divided into four postal subdivisions - North, East, South and West.

Koratota

Hokandara

Pannipitiya

Kottawa

Rukmale

Suburbs of Colombo

Colombo Inner	Bambalapitiya Bloemendhal Borella Cinnamon Gardens Dematagoda Fort (Colombo) Grandpass Havelock Town Hultsdorf Kirilapone Kollupitiya Kotahena Kohuwala Madampitiya Maligawatta Maradana Mattakkuliya Modara Narahenpita Pamankada Panchikawatte Pettah Slave Island Union Place Welikada Wellawatte

Sri J'pura-Kotte	Ethul Kotte Nawala Nugegoda Pita Kotte Rajagiriya Welikada

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	Attidiya Dehiwala Kalubowila Kohuwala Mount-Lavinia Nedimala Ratmalana

Colombo Outer	Battaramulla Batuwatta Boralesgamuwa Dalugama Ekala Homagama Hokandara Ja-Ela Kadawatha Kaduwela Kandana Kiribathgoda Kolonnawa Koswatte Kotikawatta Kottawa Maharagama Malabe Moratuwa Pannipitiya Peliyagoda Piliyandala Ragama Thalawathugoda Wattala Wickramasinhapura

Main Article: Colombo

Metropolitan cities of Sri Lanka

National capitals^#	Colombo^* (Commercial) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)

Municipal councils	Kandy^* Anuradhapura^* Galle^* Jaffna^* Ratnapura^* Badulla^* Kurunegala^* Kaduwela Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Moratuwa Negombo Kalmunai Batticaloa Matara Gampaha Matale Akkaraipattu Bandarawela Nuwara Eliya Dambulla Hambantota

Urban councils	Trincomalee^* Ambalangoda Ampara Balangoda Beruwala Boralesgamuwa Chavakachcheri Chilaw Embilipitiya Eravur Gampola Haputale Hatton-Dickoya Hikkaduwa Horana Ja-Ela Kadugannawa Kalutara Kattankudy Katunayake Seeduwa Kegalle Kesbewa Kinniya Kolonnawa Kuliyapitiya Maharagama Mannar Minuwangoda Nawalapitiya Panadura Peliyagoda Point Pedro Puttalam Seethawakapura Talawakelle-Lindula Tangalle Valvettithurai Vavuniya Wattala Wattegama Weligama

Note: ^* also a Provincial capital, ^# also a Municipal council

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