Matara District
Matara Four Gravet
Uyanwatta North

Walpola

Walpola is a suburb in , , and has about 10,000 residents. Walpola is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the village .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Matara railway station and Shrine of Our Lady of Matara.

Railway station
Photo: Hafiz Issadeen, CC BY 2.0.
is a station in , . It is owned and operated by Sri Lanka Railways. opened on 17 December 1895 as the terminus of the Coastal Line.

Church
is a Roman Catholic church devoted to the Virgin Mary, in the town of . The shrine houses a of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus.

School
St. Servatius' College is a boys' school located in . The school was established in 1897 by recently arrived Jesuit missionaries, led by Joseph Van Reeth, first bishop of Galle and Father Augustus Standaert.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matara and Walgama.

Photo: KingAlawaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the Southern Province of . The Southern Province consists of three districts and the city of lies between and which are the other districts of Southern Province.

Town
is a village in . It is located in , . is situated 4½ km west of Walpola.

Town
is a settlement on the extreme southernmost tip of , in the Indian Ocean near , . The , ruins of several Hindu shrines of Tenavaram and a Vihara are located in the vicinity. is situated 5 km southeast of Walpola.

Walpola

Latitude
5.95347° or 5° 57′ 13″ north
Longitude
80.55285° or 80° 33′ 10″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
6MQ2XH33+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3633894475
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1224339
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