Western Province
Colombo District
Moratuwa Divisional Secretariat

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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa and St Matthias’ Church, Lakshapathiya.

College
St. Sebastian's College is a Catholic educational institution in Moratuwa, , established in 1854. The college enrolls over 4,000 students served by a staff of over 200.

Church
Photo: L Manju, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Matthias’ Church, is a church in Moratuwa in . The church is located in Lakshapathiya approximately 1.1 km away from the Soysapura junction on - main road.

School
Prince of Wales' College is a selective-entry boys' school in Moratuwa, a suburb of , Sri Lanka. Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa, was founded and endowed in 1876 by Sir Charles Henry de Soysa, a famous 19th century Sri Lankan philanthropist and was named in honour of Prince Albert, Prince of Wales The school became a fully government-controlled school in 1962.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lunawa.

Village
is a suburb in lying on the coast just south of the capital, . is a suburb of Moratuwa in the Colombo District of the Western Province.

Moratuwa

Latitude
6.7747° or 6° 46′ 29″ north
Longitude
79.8826° or 79° 52′ 57″ east
Population
207,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LK MOR
Open location code
6JRXQVFM+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 61557398
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1234633
Wiki­data ID
Q867213
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Moratuwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موراتوا”
  • Armenian: “Մորատուվա”
  • Bengali: “মোরাতুয়া”
  • Bengali: “মোরাতোয়া”
  • Breton: “Moratuwa”
  • Catalan: “Moratuwa”
  • Cebuano: “Moratuwa”
  • Chinese: “莫勒图沃”
  • Chinese: “莫勒圖沃”
  • Chinese: “莫拉图瓦”
  • 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”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Moratuwa”
  • Norwegian: “Moratuwa”
  • Persian: “موراتوا”
  • Polish: “Moratuwa”
  • Portuguese: “Moratuwa”
  • Russian: “Моратува”
  • Silesian: “Moratuwa”
  • Sinhala: “මොරටුව”
  • Spanish: “Moratuwa”
  • Swedish: “Moratuwa”
  • Tamil: “மொரட்டுவை”
  • 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

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Notable Places Nearby

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