Hatton

Hatton is a city in the Nuwara Eliya District of Central Province, Sri Lanka ruled with the aid of the Hatton-Dickoya Urban Council. Hatton is a major centre of the Sri Lankan tea enterprise. Hatton is one of the busiest cities inside the hill us of a of Sri Lanka and is colloquially referred to as the tea capital of the U.S.A., as it's miles the central factor for most upcountry tea growing regions, together with Maskeliya, Talawakelle, Bogawantalawa and Dickoya.

It is positioned approximately 83 km southeast of Colombo and 44 km south of Kandy, at an elevation of 1,271 m above sea degree. Hatton was founded during the British colonial times so that it will serve the espresso plantations and latter tea estates. The name of the city refers back to the village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A variety of the encompassing tea estates also are named after Scottish villages. Hatton serves as a gateway to Adam's Peak and Sinharaja Forest Reserve, however is higher recognized for its Ceylon tea plantations and Stassen institution tea.