Homagama

Homagama හෝමාගම ஓமகிராமம்
Suburb
Homagama Location of Homagama within the Colombo District
Coordinates: 6°50′35.79″N 80°0′11.46″E / 6.8432750°N 80.0031833°E / 6.8432750; 80.0031833
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province
District	Colombo District
Population  (2012)
• Total	236,179
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (SLT)
Postal Code	10200[1]

Homagama is a town in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-east of Colombo. The Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha consists of the Homagama divisional secretariat and 10 GN division of Padukka DS division. The total Land area is about is 137 square kilometres (53 sq mi) of 90 GN division. The Pradeshiya Sabha was established under act No 15 of 1987, and has the highest population of any pradeshiya sabha area in Sri Lanka.^{[citation needed]} It is home to notable places, such as the Technology faculty of University of Colombo, campus of the National School of Business Management, Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, the Panagoda Cantonment, Upali Newspapers, Mahinda Rajapaksha College Homagama, St. Michael's College, Homagama, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Biscuits Limited and the Laxapana Battery Company.