Batticaloa

Batticaloa is a city in Northeastern Sri Lanka, known for its lagoon, historical landmarks and nearby beaches.
  • City with about 95,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code BTC
  • Description: city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as
    “Batticoloa”
    “Madakalapuva”
    “Madakalapuwra”
    “Maddakkalabbu”
    “Maṭṭakkaḷappu”

Places of Interest

Discover Batticaloa railway station and Batticaloa Lighthouse.
Railway station
is a railway station in the city of Batticaloa in eastern .
Lighthouse
is a lighthouse in , situated near the estuary in Palameenmadu.
is a road bridge in eastern .
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Latitude
7.7356° or 7° 44′ 8″ north
Longitude
81.6942° or 81° 41′ 39″ east
UN/LOCODE
LK BTC
Open location code
6MV3PMPV+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Batticaloa” goes by many names.
باتيكالواArabic
BatticaloaAsturian
BattikaloaAzerbaijani
БатыкалоаBelarusian
বাট্টিকালোয়াBengali
বাত্তিকালোয়াBengali
BatticaloaBreton
BatticaloaCatalan
BatticaloaCebuano
巴提卡洛阿Chinese
拜蒂克洛Chinese
BatticaloaCzech
BatticaloaDanish
BatticaloaDutch
باتيكالواEgyptian Arabic
BatticaloaEsperanto
BatticaloaEstonian
BatticaloaFinnish
ბატიკალოაGeorgian
ΜπατικαλόαGreek
બેટ્ટીકલોઆGujarati
בטיקלואהHebrew
बट्टिकलोआHindi
बट्टिकलोवाHindi
बतीकलोवाHindi
BatticaloaHungarian
BatticaloaIndonesian
BatticaloaIrish
BatticaloaItalian
バッティカロアJapanese
ಬಟ್ಟಿಕಲೊKannada
ಬ್ಯಾಟಿಕೊಲೊKannada
바키칼로아Korean
바티칼로아Korean
BatikaloaLatvian
BatikaolaLatvian
BatikaloaLithuanian
BatticaloaMalay
ബട്ടികാലോവMalayalam
മട്ടക്കളപ്പ്Malayalam
बॅटीकोलॉआMarathi
ბატიკალოაMingrelian
BatticaloaNorwegian
BatticaloaNorwegian Bokmål
باتیکالواPersian
MadakalapuwaPolish
БаттикалоаRussian
මඩකලපුවSinhala
මඩකලපුව නගරයSinhala
BatticaloaSwedish
பட்டிக்காலோஆTamil
மட்டக்களப்புTamil
బట్టికలోవాTelugu
คาร์บินซิThai
บัตติกาโลอาThai
บัตติคาโลอาThai
BatticaloaTurkish
БаттікалоаUkrainian
باٹیکالواUrdu
BatticaloaVietnamese

Localities in the Area

“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

Eastern Province: Highlights

Learn more about Trincomalee and Kumana National Park.