Nuwara Eliya - which decides nourélia - is a city of the southern part of the Sri Lanka located at a hundred kilometers of Kandy. Its population was estimated in 1990 at 26.000 inhabitants.

In 1827, the British , time of the British Raj, made of it a station of mountain located at 1.889 m of altitude, in order to flee the lowlands at the time of the hot summer days. One thus finds there a certain number of buildings built on the model of the British houses.

The Hakgala Botanical Gardens being in Nuwara Eliya are the most beautiful botanical gardens of Sri Lanka after the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya close to Kandy.

According to the Râmâyana, Sîtâ, the wife of Râma was imprisoned by the demon Râvana close to Nuwara Eliya.

The city is often the starting point on the way of the rise of the Pic of Adam. Its area is famous for the culture of the The.

External bond

• the forecasts weather on Nuwara Eliya by CNN (in English)