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main road, 16 km from Nuwara Eliya and extents for about 28 hectares. The garden has a
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16:Botanical garden in Sri Lanka
892:Abeywardena, H.A.P. (2004).
525:Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage
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1099:Nuwara Eliya Racecourse
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1038:Prime Minister's Lodge
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65:Coordinates
1164:Categories
1011:Historical
885:References
857:2009-10-02
820:2008-08-07
641:Ecoregions
573:Peradeniya
457:Hard ticks
447:Tarantulas
352:Mosquitoes
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1028:Hill Club
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966:Geography
747:folklores
578:Seetawaka
499:Mangroves
452:Scorpions
437:Myriapods
392:Hemiptera
382:Lacewings
347:Dipterans
172:Sri Lanka
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755:Ramayana
741:Folklore
731:Cinchona
723:Cinchona
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372:Termites
300:Reptiles
288:Endemics
276:Endemics
136:Visitors
53:Location
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648:Tourism
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516:Gardens
467:Isopods
442:Spiders
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387:Phasmid
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