Matara District
Matara is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamburupitiya and Akuressa.
Kamburupitiya
Town
Kamburupitiya is a town in the Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located 19 km north of Matara at the intersection of the B356 and the B415. Kamburupitiya is situated 7 km southeast of Matara District.
Akuressa
Town
Akuressa is located in Matara District of the Southern Province. It is located on the Matara–Deniyaya road, approximately 23.6 km from Matara and 39.7 km from Galle. Akuressa is situated 7 km southwest of Matara District.
Sapugoda
Village
Sapugoda is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Southern Province. Sapugoda is situated 6 km southeast of Matara District.
Matara District
- Type: district of Sri Lanka with 809,000 residents
- Description: district of Sri Lanka
- Location: Southern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Matara District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مديرية ماتارا”
- Bengali: “মাতারা জেলা”
- Bulgarian: “Матара”
- Cebuano: “Matara District”
- Chinese: “馬特勒區”
- Chinese: “马特勒区”
- Chinese: “马特勒县”
- Danish: “Matara District”
- Dutch: “Matara (district)”
- Dutch: “Matara”
- Finnish: “Mataran piirikunta”
- French: “Matara (district)”
- French: “Matara”
- Georgian: “მატარის ოლქი”
- German: “Matara (Distrikt)”
- German: “Matara”
- Greek: “Μάταρα”
- Gujarati: “માતારા જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “मटारा ज़िला”
- Hindi: “मातर जिला”
- Hindi: “मातर‘ जिला”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Matara”
- Indonesian: “Matara, Sri Lanka”
- Indonesian: “Matara”
- Italian: “Distretto di Matara”
- Japanese: “マータラ県”
- Kannada: “ಮಟರಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
- Korean: “마타라구”
- Latvian: “Mataras distrikts”
- Lithuanian: “Mataros apskritis”
- Malay: “Matara District”
- Malayalam: “മാത്താര ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “मातरा जिल्हा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Matara”
- Norwegian: “Matara”
- Persian: “ناحیه ماتارا”
- Polish: “Matara”
- Portuguese: “Matara”
- Russian: “Матара”
- Sinhala: “මාතර දිස්ත්රික්කය”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Matara (Sri Lanka)”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Matara”
- Swedish: “Matara”
- Tamil: “மாட்டாரா மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “மாத்தறை மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “மாத்துறை மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “మటారా జిల్లా”
- Thai: “มาทาร่า”
- Turkish: “Matara District”
- Ukrainian: “Матара”
- Urdu: “ماتارا ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Matara”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع مٹارا”
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