Puttalam District

North Western Province is a province in . Its name in Sinhalese is Wayamba. The province is made up of the districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam. Its capital is Kurunegala.
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  • District of Sri Lanka with 729,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 24 metres (79 feet)
  • Description: administrative district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as
    “Chilaw District”
    “Puttalam-Chilaw”

Puttalam District

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Latitude
8.0454° or 8° 2′ 43″ north
Longitude
79.9319° or 79° 55′ 55″ east
Open location code
6JWX2WWJ+5Q
Geo­Names ID
1229292
Wiki­data ID
Q1665318

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Puttalam District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مديرية بوتالام”
  • Bengali: “পোতালাম জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Puttalam”
  • Cebuano: “Puttalam District”
  • Chinese: “普塔勒姆区”
  • Chinese: “普塔勒姆區”
  • Danish: “Puttalam District”
  • Dutch: “Puttalam”
  • Finnish: “Puttalamin piirikunta”
  • French: “Puttalam”
  • Georgian: “პუტალამის ოლქი”
  • German: “Puttalam”
  • Greek: “Πουτταλάμ”
  • Gujarati: “પુટ્ટલમ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “पुत्तलम जिला”
  • Hindi: “पुत्तलाम जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Puttalam”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Puttalam”
  • Japanese: “プッタラム県”
  • Kannada: “ಪುಟ್ಟಲಮ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “푸탈람구”
  • Latvian: “Puttalamas distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Putalamo apskritis”
  • Malay: “Puttalam District”
  • Malayalam: “പുത്തലം ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “पत्तलम जिल्हा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Puttalam distrikt”
  • Persian: “ناحیه پوتالام”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Puttalam”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Puttalam”
  • Russian: “Путталам”
  • Sinhala: “පුත්තලම දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Sinhala: “පුත්තලම පරිපාලන දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Puttalam”
  • Swedish: “Puttalam District”
  • Tamil: “புட்டாலம் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “புத்தளம் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “புத்தளம்”
  • Telugu: “పుట్టాలం జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตปุตตาลัม”
  • Turkish: “Puttalam District”
  • Ukrainian: “Путталам”
  • Urdu: “پٹلم ضلع”
  • Urdu: “پوٹالام ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Puttalam”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع پوتالم”

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