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NUWARA ELIYA

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 928 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NUWARA ELIYA  , a

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town and
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sanatorium of
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Ceylon . Pop . (1901) 5026, with r000 additional visitors during the
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season . It is situated 6240 ft. above
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sea-level, with the highest
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mountain in the
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island, Pedrotallagalla, towering over the
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plain for 2056 ft. more . Nuwara Eliya is reached from
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Colombo by railway, eight
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hours to Namuoya, and thence, by a
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light 21-ft.-
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gauge
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line,
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running up to the
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heart of the sanatorium . The
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average shade temperature for the
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year is 58° F.; the rainfall, 95 in . Considerable sums have been spent by the
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government in improving the
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place .

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