Bentota

Bentota is a coastal town of 37,000 people in Southern Sri Lanka. Bentota is a tourist town, with a local airport and a handful of world-class hotels. It is a destination for watersports and is famous for its toddy production, an alcoholic beverage made out of coconut nectar.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aluthgama.

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is a coastal town in in the Western Province of . It is approximately 63.5 kilometres south of and 68 kilometres north of .

Bentota

Latitude
6.4215° or 6° 25′ 18″ north
Longitude
79.9979° or 79° 59′ 52″ east
Population
37,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
BJT
Open location code
6JRXCXCX+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1606175319
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1249978
Wiki­data ID
Q4890663
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bentota” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بينتوتا”
  • Bengali: “চেস্কে বুদেজোভিসে”
  • Bengali: “বেন্টোটা”
  • Cebuano: “Bentota”
  • Chinese: “本托特”
  • Danish: “Bentota”
  • Dutch: “Bentota”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بينتوتا”
  • Esperanto: “Bentota”
  • Finnish: “Bentota”
  • French: “Bentota”
  • German: “Bentota”
  • Greek: “Μπεντότα”
  • Gujarati: “બેન્ટોટા”
  • Hindi: “बेनटोटा”
  • Indonesian: “Bentota”
  • Irish: “Bentota”
  • Italian: “Bentota”
  • Japanese: “ベントタ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಟೋಟಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂತೊಟ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆೆಂಟಾಟಾ”
  • Korean: “벤토타”
  • Latvian: “Bentota”
  • Lithuanian: “Bentota”
  • Malay: “Bentota”
  • Malayalam: “ബെന്റോട്ട”
  • Marathi: “बंटोटा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bentota”
  • Persian: “بنتوتا”
  • Polish: “Bentota”
  • Portuguese: “Bentota”
  • Russian: “Бентота”
  • Sinhala: “Bentota”
  • Sinhala: “බෙන්තොට”
  • Slovenian: “Bentota”
  • Spanish: “Bentota”
  • Swedish: “Bentota”
  • Tamil: “பெந்தோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “బెంటోట”
  • Thai: “เบนโตตา”
  • Tulu: “ಬೆಂಟೊಟಾ”
  • Turkish: “Bentota”
  • Ukrainian: “Бентота”
  • Urdu: “بینتوتا”
  • Urdu: “بینٹوٹا”
  • Vietnamese: “Bentota”

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