Batticaloa District

Batticaloa District is one of the 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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Batticaloa District

Latitude
7.75° or 7° 45′ north
Longitude
81.4997° or 81° 29′ 59″ east
Population
516,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
6MV3QF2X+2V
Geo­Names ID
1250159
Wiki­data ID
Q810960
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Batticaloa District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة باتيكالوا
  • Bengali: বাট্টিকালোয়া জেলা
  • Catalan: Batticaloa
  • Cebuano: Batticaloa District
  • Chinese: 拜蒂克洛區
  • Chinese: 拜蒂克洛县
  • Dutch: Batticaloa
  • Finnish: Batticaloan piirikunta
  • French: Batticaloa (district)
  • French: Batticaloa
  • Georgian: ბატიკალოის ოლქი
  • German: Batticaloa (Distrikt)
  • German: Batticaloa
  • Hindi: बट्टिकलोआ जिला
  • Indonesian: Distrik Batticaloa
  • Italian: Distretto di Batticaloa
  • Japanese: バッティカロア県
  • Korean: 바티칼로아구
  • Malayalam: ബട്ടികലോവ ജില്ല
  • Malayalam: മട്ടക്കളപ്പ് ജില്ല
  • Marathi: बट्टिकलोआ जिल्हा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Batticaloa (distrikt)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Batticaloa
  • Norwegian: Batticaloa
  • Persian: ناحیه باتیکالوا
  • Polish: Madakalapuwa
  • Russian: Баттикалоа
  • Sinhala: මඩකලපුව පරිපාලන දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Spanish: Distrito de Batticaloa
  • Swedish: Batticaloa District
  • Tamil: மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம்
  • Ukrainian: Баттікалоа
  • Urdu: باٹیکالوا ضلع
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع باٹیکولا

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