Southern Province
Hambantota District
Hambantota Divisional Secretariat

Hambantota

Hambantota is the main city in , , . This area was hit hard by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and underwent a number of major development projects including the construction of a new sea port and international airport finished in 2013.
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  • Type: City with 120,000 residents
  • Description: main town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Hambambota”, “Hambanbota”, and “Hambatota”

Hambantota

Latitude
6.1249° or 6° 7′ 30″ north
Longitude
81.1243° or 81° 7′ 27″ east
Population
120,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport codes
HRI and HTT
United Nations Location Code
LK HBA
Open location code
6MR344FF+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 247220841
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1244926
Wiki­data ID
Q1025283
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hambantota” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هامبانتوتا”
  • Asturian: “Hambantota”
  • Bengali: “হাম্বানটোটা”
  • Bhojpuri: “हंबनटोटा”
  • Cebuano: “Hambantota”
  • Chinese: “汉班托塔”
  • Chinese: “漢班托塔”
  • Chinese: “漢班托特”
  • Czech: “Hambantota”
  • Danish: “Hambantota”
  • Dutch: “Hambantota”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هامبانتوتا”
  • Finnish: “Hambantota”
  • French: “Hambantota”
  • German: “Hambantota”
  • Greek: “Χαμπάντοτα”
  • Gujarati: “હમ્બાન્ટોટા”
  • Hebrew: “האמבאנטוטה”
  • Hindi: “हम्बनटोटा”
  • Hungarian: “Hambantota”
  • Indonesian: “Hambantota”
  • Irish: “Hambantota”
  • Italian: “Hambantota”
  • Japanese: “ハンバントタ”
  • Kannada: “ಹಂಬಂತೊಟ”
  • Kannada: “ಹ್ಯಾಂಬಂಟೊಟ”
  • Korean: “함반토타”
  • Latvian: “Hambantota”
  • Lithuanian: “Hambantota”
  • Malay: “Hambantota”
  • Malayalam: “ഹമ്പൻടോട്ട”
  • Marathi: “हंबन्टोटा”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰამბანტოტა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hambantota”
  • Persian: “هامبانتوتا”
  • Polish: “Hambantota”
  • Portuguese: “Hambantota”
  • Russian: “Хамбантота”
  • Sinhala: “හම්බන්තොට”
  • Slovenian: “Hambantota”
  • Spanish: “Hambantota”
  • Swedish: “Hambantota (ort i Sri Lanka)”
  • Swedish: “Hambantota”
  • Tamil: “அம்பாந்தோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “హంబన్తోట”
  • Telugu: “హంబాన్టోట”
  • Thai: “แฮมบันโตตา”
  • Turkish: “Hambantota”
  • Ukrainian: “Хамбантота”
  • Urdu: “ہامبانتوتا”
  • Urdu: “ہمبنتوٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Hambantota”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہامبانتوتا”
  • “हंबनटोटा”

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