Moratuwa

Moratuwa is a large municipality on the southwestern coast of , near . It is situated on the – main highway, 18 km south of the centre of Colombo.
  • City with about 207,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
  • Description: human settlement

Places of Interest

Discover St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa and St Matthias’ Church, Lakshapathiya.
College
St. Sebastian's College is a Catholic educational…
St Matthias’ Church, is a church in Moratuwa in .
School
Prince of Wales' College is a selective-entry boys'…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lunawa.
Village
is a suburb in lying on the coast just south of the capital, .
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Latitude
6.7747° or 6° 46′ 29″ north
Longitude
79.8826° or 79° 52′ 57″ east
UN/LOCODE
LK MOR
Open location code
6JRXQVFM+V2
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place = city
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Moratuwa” goes by many names.
موراتواArabic
ՄորատուվաArmenian
MoratuwaAsturian
মোরাতোয়াBengali
MoratuwaBreton
MoratuwaCatalan
MoratuwaCebuano
莫勒图沃Chinese
莫勒圖沃Chinese
莫拉图瓦Chinese
莫拉圖瓦Chinese
MoratuwaDanish
MoratuwaDutch
موراتواEgyptian Arabic
MoratuvaEsperanto
MoratuwaFinnish
MoratuwaFriulian
ΜορατούβαGreek
મોરતુવાGujarati
मोराटुवाHindi
मोरातुवाHindi
MoratuwaIndonesian
MoratuwaIrish
MoratuwaItalian
モラトゥワJapanese
ಮೊರಟುವKannada
모르투와Korean
MoratuvaLatvian
MoratuvaLithuanian
MoratuwaMalay
मॉरटुवाMarathi
მორატუვაMingrelian
MoratuwaNorthern Frisian
MoratuwaNorwegian
MoratuwaNorwegian Bokmål
موراتواPersian
MoratuwaPolish
МоратуваRussian
MoratuwaSilesian
මොරටුවSinhala
MoratuwaSwedish
மொரட்டுவைTamil
மொறட்டுவைTamil
మొరటువాTelugu
โมราตุวาThai
MoratuwaTurkish
МоратуваUkrainian
موراتوواUrdu
MoratuwaVenetian
MoratuwaVietnamese
MoratuwaWaray (Philippines)

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