Medirigiriya
Medirigiriya is a town located in Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The elevation of the town is 61 m. The famous archaeological site of Medirigiriya Vatadage is located about 1 km from the town centre.
Photo: Chindemaya, Public domain.Medirigiriya
- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: town in North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Category: locality
- Location: Medirigiriya Divisional Secretariat, Polonnaruwa District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.1423° or 8° 8′ 32″ north
Longitude
80.9713° or 80° 58′ 17″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
Open location code
6MW24XRC+WG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Medirigiriya” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Medirigiriya”
- Bulgarian: “Медиригирия”
- Cebuano: “Medirigiriya”
- French: “Medirigiriya”
- Persian: “مدیریگیریا”
- Sinhala: “මැදිරිගිරිය”
- Swedish: “Medirigiriya”
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