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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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″ northLongitude
80.9713° or 80° 58′ 17″ eastPopulation
5,000Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
6MW24XRC+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 2262022047OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
7442155Wikidata ID
Q19718810
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Medirigiriya” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Medirigiriya”
- Bulgarian: “Медиригирия”
- Cebuano: “Medirigiriya”
- Persian: “مدیریگیریا”
- Sinhala: “මැදිරිගිරිය”
- Swedish: “Medirigiriya”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Medirigiriya”. Photo: Chindemaya, Public domain.