Malabe (, ) is a suburb of Kaduwela in the

Colombo District Colombo District ( ''kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya''; ''Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam'') is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a D ...

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. It is situated on the New Kandy Road (Kaduwela Road) about away from the centre of the commercial capital

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. This suburb is a crucial economic centre in

Etymology

The name ‘Malabe’, is believed to be derived from the classical Sinhala name ''Maha Lahamba'', meaning "the large forest".

Industries

Malabe is the home to the

MillenniumIT MillenniumIT ESP (MIT ESP) is a Sri Lankan information technology company that provides enterprise solutions with a portfolio that includes stock exchange systems, infrastructure platforms, cyber security systems, managed services, automation, an ...

(known as Millennium Information Technologies or MIT), a Sri Lankan-based information technology firm that specialises in electronic trading systems and a fully owned technology business sector of

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, SPAR.

Education

There is a number of state and private schools in Malabe and there are several private degree-awarding institutes.

Private Higher Education Institutes

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (; ; also known as SLIIT) is a private university located in Malabe and Colombo, Sri Lanka. It specialises in various fields like technology and management. SLIIT has three campuses. The main campu ...

*CINEC Maritime Campus * Horizon Campus

Schools

* Malabe Boys Model School * Sri Rahula Balika Maha Vidyalaya * Horizon International School * Sussex International School

Demographics

Malabe is a Sinhala majority area; there are minor communities belonging to other ethnic groups, such as Moors and Tamils. Malabe has some Buddhist religious places of the Sinhalese belonging to the Theravada school which includes the local branch of the

Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery The Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery (MBM) is an organisation of Buddhist monasteries of Sri Lankan origin established under the teachings of Gautama Buddha. Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery Network (MBM) is one of the largest Theravada Buddhist Orga ...

Infrastructure

Transportation

New Kandy Road from Ethul Kotte to Balummahara via Malabe, Kaduwela, Weliweriya and extending to Kandy along A1 highway.

Other means

*A proposed Multi-modal transport hub is to be constructed to link the city to the Colombo Monorail and

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. *Malabe is located near the entrance to the Outer-circular Expressway Kaduwela interchange.

Suburbs

* Kaduwela *

Battaramulla Battaramulla is an Urban Area under the administration of Kaduwela and is situated from the Colombo Fort, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the fastest developing administrative, commercial and residential areas in the Colombo Dist ...

* Athurugiriya *

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Hokandara Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo district . It is located approximately from the city centre of Colombo, adjacent to Thalawathugoda to the west, Pelawatte on the north-west, Malabe on the north, Aturugiriya on the east and Pannipitiya on th ...

References

{{Suburbs of Colombo Populated places in Western Province, Sri Lanka