Moratuwa
Moratuwa is a large municipality on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. It is situated on the Galle–Colombo main highway, 18 km south of the centre of Colombo.
- Type: City with 207,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “மொரட்டுவை” and “莫拉图瓦”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa and St Matthias’ Church, Lakshapathiya.
St Matthias’ Church, Lakshapathiya
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lunawa.
Lunawa
Village
Lunawa is a suburb in Sri Lanka lying on the coast just south of the capital, Colombo.
Moratuwa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Moratuwa Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.7747° or 6° 46′ 29″ north
Longitude
79.8826° or 79° 52′ 57″ east
Population
207,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
UN/LOCODE
LK MOR
Open location code
6JRXQVFM+V2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Moratuwa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “موراتوا”
- Armenian: “Մորատուվա”
- Asturian: “Moratuwa”
- Bengali: “মোরাতুয়া”
- Bengali: “মোরাতোয়া”
- Breton: “Moratuwa”
- Catalan: “Moratuwa”
- Cebuano: “Moratuwa”
- Chinese: “莫勒图沃”
- Chinese: “莫勒圖沃”
- Chinese: “莫拉圖瓦”
- Danish: “Moratuwa”
- Dutch: “Moratuwa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موراتوا”
- Esperanto: “Moratuva”
- Finnish: “Moratuwa”
- French: “Moratuwa”
- Friulian: “Moratuwa”
- German: “Moratuwa”
- Greek: “Μορατούβα”
- Gujarati: “મોરતુવા”
- Hindi: “मोराटुवा”
- Hindi: “मोरातुवा”
- Indonesian: “Moratuwa”
- Irish: “Moratuwa”
- Italian: “Moratuwa”
- Japanese: “モラトゥワ”
- Kannada: “ಮೊರಟುವ”
- Korean: “모르투와”
- Latvian: “Moratuva”
- Lithuanian: “Moratuva”
- Malay: “Moratuwa”
- Marathi: “मॉरटुवा”
- Mingrelian: “მორატუვა”
- Northern Frisian: “Moratuwa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moratuwa”
- Norwegian: “Moratuwa”
- Persian: “موراتوا”
- Polish: “Moratuwa”
- Portuguese: “Moratuwa”
- Russian: “Моратува”
- Silesian: “Moratuwa”
- Sinhala: “මොරටුව”
- Spanish: “Moratuwa”
- Swedish: “Moratuwa”
- Tamil: “மொறட்டுவை”
- Telugu: “మొరటువా”
- Thai: “โมราตุวา”
- Turkish: “Moratuwa”
- Ukrainian: “Моратува”
- Urdu: “موراتووا”
- Venetian: “Moratuwa”
- Vietnamese: “Moratuwa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Moratuwa”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Horetuduwa and Moratumulla.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Moratuwa Post Office and Moratuwa Terminal.
Western Province: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Colombo and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.
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