Ratnapura District

Ratnapura is a district of in the . This gem-mining centre of Sri Lanka is also a major crossroadd between southern plains and the hill country to the east.
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  • Type: district of Sri Lanka with 1,020,000 residents
  • Description: Administrative District in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: Ratnapura district

Ratnapura District

Latitude
6.5831° or 6° 34′ 59″ north
Longitude
80.5833° or 80° 34′ 60″ east
Population
1,020,000
Elevation
172 metres (564 feet)
Open location code
6MR2HHMM+68
Geo­Names ID
1228729
Wiki­data ID
Q1587175
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ratnapura District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قسم رتنبورة
  • Bengali: রাতনাপুরা জেলা
  • Catalan: Ratnapura
  • Cebuano: Ratnapura District
  • Chinese: 拉特納普勒區
  • Chinese: 拉特纳普勒区
  • Chinese: 拉特纳普勒县
  • Danish: Ratnapura district
  • Dutch: Ratnapura (district)
  • Dutch: Ratnapura
  • Finnish: Ratnapuran piirikunta
  • French: District de Ratnapura
  • French: Ratnapura
  • Georgian: რატნაპურის ოლქი
  • German: Ratnapura (Distrikt)
  • German: Ratnapura
  • Greek: Ρατναπούρα
  • Gujarati: રત્નાપુરા જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: रतनपुर‘ जिला
  • Hindi: रतनपुर’ जिला
  • Hindi: रत्नपुर जिला
  • Indonesian: Distrik Ratnapura
  • Italian: distretto di Ratnapura
  • Italian: Distretto di Ratnapura
  • Japanese: ラトゥナプラ県
  • Kannada: ರತ್ನಾಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Korean: 라트나푸라구
  • Latvian: Ratnapura distrikts
  • Lithuanian: Ratnapuros apskritis
  • Malay: Ratnapura district
  • Malayalam: രത്‌നപുര ജില്ല
  • Marathi: रत्नपुरा जिल्हा
  • Marathi: रत्‍नपुरा जिल्हा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ratnapura distrikt
  • Persian: ناحیه راتناپورا
  • Polish: Dystrykt Ratnapura
  • Portuguese: Distrito de Ratnapura
  • Russian: Ратнапура
  • Sinhala: Rathnapura District
  • Sinhala: රත්නපුර දිස්ත් රික්කය
  • Sinhala: රත්නපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Sinhala: රත්නපුර පරිපාලන දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Slovenian: Distrikt Ratnapura
  • Spanish: Distrito de Ratnapura
  • Swedish: Ratnapura District
  • Swedish: Ratnapura
  • Tamil: இரத்தினபுரி மாவட்டம்
  • Tamil: ரத்னபுரி மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: రత్నపుర జిల్లా
  • Thai: เขตรัทนาปุระ
  • Turkish: Ratnapura District
  • Ukrainian: Ратнапура
  • Urdu: رتناپورہ ضلع
  • Vietnamese: Quận Ratnapura
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع رتناپورا

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