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.- District of Sri Lanka with about 809,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamburupitiya and Akuressa.
Kamburupitiya
Town
Kamburupitiya is a town in the Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Kamburupitiya is situated 7 km southeast of Matara District.
Akuressa
Town
Akuressa is located in Matara District of the Southern Province. Akuressa is situated 7 km southwest of Matara District.
Matara District
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Latitude
6.1329° or 6° 7′ 58″ north
Longitude
80.528° or 80° 31′ 41″ east
Open location code
6MR24GMH+56
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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”
- 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: “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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