Kandy Municipal Council

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The Arms of the Kandy Municipal Council

The Kandy Municipal Council is the local council for Kandy, the second largest city and hill capital of Sri Lanka. The council was formed under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865 and first met in 1866.^[1] The municipal council is the second oldest and largest local government authority in Sri Lanka. It has 24 elected representatives.

Kandy is a charter city, with a Mayor Council form of government. Mayor of Kandy and the council members are elected through local government elections held once in five years. Head of administration is the Municipal Commissioner, who handles day to day operations of the 16 departments that it is made up of.

The Municipal Council provides sewer, road management and waste management services, in case of water, electricity and telephone utility services the council liaises with the Water Supply and Drainage Board, the Ceylon Electricity Board and telephone service providers.

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v t e Landmarks in Kandy

Note: this includes landmarks in Kandy and its fringe areas

City Precincts	Kandy CBD Royal Palace of Kandy University of Peradeniya

Shopping	Kandy City Centre Kandy Municipal Market Royal Mall Torrington Shopping Complex

Entertainment	Bradby Shield Encounter Carlton 7's Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter Esala Mangallaya Esala Perahera Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's Trinity-Antonian Cricket Encounter

Public Galleries	British Garrison Cemetry D.S. Senanayake Memorial Public Library Kandy Garden Club Kandy Museum National Museum of Kandy Relic of the tooth of the Buddha Temple of the Tooth Museum The Tea Museum

Institutions	2nd Volunteer Battalion Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment Asgiriya Maha Vihara Buddhist Publication Society District Secretariat, Kandy General Post Office Institute of Fundamental Studies Kandyan Art Association & Cultural Centre Kandy Court Complex Kandy Municipal Council Malwatte Maha Vihara Mayor of Kandy List of schools in Kandy Teaching Hospital Kandy

Structures	Bahirawakanda temple Bogambara Prison Degaldoruwa Raja Maha Vihara Kandy Clock Tower Kandy Post Office Kandy Town Hall The Kandy House Natha Devale, Kandy Old Kandy Post office President's Pavilion Queen's Hotel, Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa

Sports Stadia	Asgiriya Stadium Bogambara Stadium Dharmaraja College Ground Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Victoria Golf & Country Resort

Parks/Spaces	Athur's seat British Garrison Cemetery Central Highlands of Sri Lanka Dorwin reservoir E. L. Senanayake Children's Park George E. De Silva Park Kandy Garrison Cemetery Kandy Lake Hanthana Mountain Range Knuckles mountain range Mahaweli River Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya Udawatta Kele Sanctuary Wales Park

Transport	Asgiriya Railway Station D.S. Senanayake Veediya Kandy Bus Station Kandy Railway Station Katugastota Railway Station Mahiyawa Railway Station Sangaraja Mawatha Sarasavi Uyana Railway Station Sirimavo Bandaranaike Mawatha Sri Dalada Veediya William Gopallawa Mawatha Yatinuwara Veediya

See also Events in Kandy

v t e Municipal councils of Sri Lanka

Akkaraipattu Anuradhapura Badulla Bandarawela Batticaloa Colombo Dambulla Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Galle Gampaha Hambantota Jaffna Kaduwela Kalmunai Kandy Kurunegala Matale Matara Moratuwa Negombo Nuwara Eliya Ratnapura Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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