Ampara District

Ampara District is one of the 25 districts of , the second-level administrative divisions 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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  • Type: district of Sri Lanka with 648,000 residents
  • Description: Administrative District in Eastern, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Amparai District”, “Ampari”, “District d’Ampara”, “अमपारा जिला”, “अम्पारा जिल्हा”, “அம்பரா மாவட்டம்”, “அம்பாரை மாவட்டம்”, and “安帕赖县”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kanchikudicharu.

Village
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is a Tamil village in the Ampara District in the of .

Ampara District

Latitude
7.0833° or 7° 4′ 60″ north
Longitude
81.75° or 81° 45′ east
Population
648,000
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
6MV33QM2+82
Geo­Names ID
1251460
Wiki­data ID
Q474395
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ampara District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مديرية أمبارا”
  • Bengali: “আমপাড়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “আমপারা জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Amparai”
  • Cebuano: “Ampara District”
  • Chinese: “安帕賴區”
  • Chinese: “安帕赖区”
  • Danish: “Ampara District”
  • Dutch: “Ampara”
  • Finnish: “Amparan piirikunta”
  • French: “Ampara (district)”
  • French: “Ampara”
  • Georgian: “ამპარის ოლქი”
  • German: “Ampara (Distrikt)”
  • German: “Ampara”
  • Greek: “Αμπάρα”
  • Gujarati: “એમ્પારા જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “अम्पार‘ जिला”
  • Hindi: “अम्पारा जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Ampara”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Ampara”
  • Japanese: “アンパーラ県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಪಾರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “암파라구”
  • Latvian: “Amparas distrikts”
  • Lithuanian: “Amparos apskritis”
  • Malay: “Ampara District”
  • Malayalam: “അമ്പാറ ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “अंपारा जिल्हा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ampara”
  • Norwegian: “Ampara”
  • Persian: “بخش امپرا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه امپرا”
  • Polish: “Ampara”
  • Portuguese: “Ampara”
  • Russian: “Ампара”
  • Russian: “округ Ампара”
  • Santali: “ᱚᱢᱯᱟᱨᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Sinhala: “අම්පාර පරිපාලන දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Ampara”
  • Swedish: “Ampara District”
  • Swedish: “Ampara”
  • Tamil: “அம்பாறை மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “అంపారా జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตอัมปารา”
  • Turkish: “Ampara District”
  • Ukrainian: “Ампара”
  • Urdu: “امپارا ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Ampara”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع امپارا”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ambalam Oya and Sagamam.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Rufus Kulam and Vammiaddai Kulam.

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