Polonnaruwa District

Polonnaruwa District is one of the 25 districts of , the second level administrative division of the country. It is also one of the two districts of and has an area of 3,293 km2.
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  • District of Sri Lanka with 368,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 54 metres (177 feet)
  • Description: administrative district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gal Vihara.

Buddhist temple
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The , and known originally as the… is situated 4 km south of Polonnaruwa District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Polonnaruwa.

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Poḷonnaruwa, also referred as Pulathisipura and…

Polonnaruwa District

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Latitude
8° north
Longitude
81° east
Open location code
6MW32222+22
Geo­Names ID
1229899
Wiki­data ID
Q931057

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Polonnaruwa District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مديرية بولوناروا”
  • Bengali: “পোলোনারোয়া জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Cebuano: “Polonnaruwa District”
  • Chinese: “波隆納魯沃區”
  • Chinese: “波隆纳鲁沃区”
  • Chinese: “波隆纳鲁瓦区”
  • Danish: “Polonnaruwa District”
  • Dutch: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Finnish: “Polonnaruwan piirikunta”
  • French: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Georgian: “პოლონარუვის ოლქი”
  • German: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Greek: “Πολοναρούβα”
  • Gujarati: “પોલોનારુવા જિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “נפת פולונארווה”
  • Hindi: “पोलोनारुवा जिला”
  • Hindi: “पोलोन्नारुव‘ जिला”
  • Hindi: “पोलोन्नारुव’ जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Polonnaruwa”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Polonnaruwa”
  • Japanese: “ポロンナルワ県”
  • Kannada: “ಪೊಲೊನರುವಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “폴론나루와구”
  • Latvian: “Polonnaruvas distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Plonaruvos apskritis”
  • Malay: “Polonnaruwa District”
  • Malayalam: “പോളൊന്നാരുവ ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “पोलोन्नारुवा जिल्हा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Polinnaruwa distrikt”
  • Persian: “ناحیه پولونارووا”
  • Polish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Polonnaruwa”
  • Russian: “округ Полоннарува”
  • Sinhala: “පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Sinhala: “පොළොන්නරුව පරිපාලන දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Polonnaruwa”
  • Swedish: “Polonnaruwa”
  • Tamil: “பொலன்னருவா மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “పోలోనారువా జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตโปลอนนารูนว์”
  • Turkish: “Polonnaruwa District”
  • Ukrainian: “Полоннарува”
  • Urdu: “پولونارووا ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Polonnaruwa”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع پولننارووا”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Anaulundawa and Kotuwewela.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nika Wewa and Polonnaruwa Sanctuary.

North Central Province: Highlights

Notable places include Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.

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