Galle District

Galle is a district in , . It is one of 25 districts of , 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.
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  • District of Sri Lanka with 1,060,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 28 metres (92 feet)
  • Description: Administrative District in Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Galle District

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Latitude
6.25° or 6° 15′ north
Longitude
80.25° or 80° 15′ east
Open location code
6MR27722+22
Geo­Names ID
1246292
Wiki­data ID
Q647649

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Galle District” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Galle Distrik”
  • Arabic: “مديرية جالي”
  • Bengali: “গালে জেলা”
  • Bengali: “গাল্লে জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Galle”
  • Cebuano: “Galle District”
  • Chinese: “加勒区”
  • Chinese: “加勒區”
  • Danish: “Galle District”
  • Dutch: “Galle”
  • Finnish: “Gallen piirikunta”
  • French: “Galle”
  • Georgian: “გალეს ოლქი”
  • German: “Galle”
  • Greek: “Γκάλε”
  • Gujarati: “ગેલ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “गाले जिला”
  • Hindi: “गाल्ल‘ जिला”
  • Hindi: “गाल्ल’ जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Galle”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Galle”
  • Japanese: “ゴール県”
  • Kannada: “ಗಾಲ್ಲೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “갈구”
  • Latvian: “Galles distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Galės apskritis”
  • Malay: “Galle District”
  • Malayalam: “ഗാലി ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “गाल्ल जिल्हा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Galle”
  • Norwegian: “Galle”
  • Persian: “ناحیه گاله”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Galle”
  • Portuguese: “Galle”
  • Russian: “Галле”
  • Sinhala: “ගාල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Sinhala: “ගාල්ල පරිපාලන දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Galle”
  • Swedish: “Galle”
  • Tamil: “கல்லே மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “காலி மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “గల్లె జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “โมเย็น ชารี”
  • Turkish: “Galle District”
  • Ukrainian: “Галле”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґалле”
  • Urdu: “گال ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Galle”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع گالے”

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