Kalutara

Kalutara is in . The area is well known for producing mangosteens, a fruit introduced from Malaysia in the 19th century.
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  • Type: City with 39,600 residents
  • Description: city in Western Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Kalutara South”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Richmond Castle and Muslim Central College.

Castle
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is an Edwardian mansion, located near Kalutara. Built between 1900 and 1910, it was formally the country seat of Mudaliyar Don Arthur de Silva Wijesinghe Siriwardena.

School
or Kalutara is a government located in Kalutara, . The school was established in 1918 when the 'Kur-Aan Madharasa' religious school was converted into a Tamil medium school, with 150 students.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagoda.

Town
is a small town in . It is located within .

Kalutara

Latitude
6.5853° or 6° 35′ 7″ north
Longitude
79.9633° or 79° 57′ 48″ east
Population
39,600
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
IATA airport code
KTY
United Nations Location Code
LK KLT
Open location code
6JRXHXP7+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1822512017
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1241964
Wiki­data ID
Q1295530
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kalutara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كالوتارا”
  • Armenian: “Կալուտարա”
  • Asturian: “Kalutara”
  • Belarusian: “Калутара”
  • Bengali: “কালুতারা”
  • Bulgarian: “Калутара”
  • Catalan: “Kalutara”
  • Cebuano: “Kalutara”
  • Chinese: “卡盧特勒”
  • Chinese: “卡魯塔拉”
  • Chinese: “卡鲁塔拉”
  • Czech: “Kalutara”
  • Danish: “Kalutara”
  • Dutch: “Kalutara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كالوتارا”
  • Esperanto: “Kalutara”
  • Finnish: “Kalutara”
  • French: “Kalutara”
  • Friulian: “Kalutara”
  • German: “Kalutara”
  • Greek: “Καλουτάρα”
  • Gujarati: “કાલુતરા”
  • Hebrew: “קלוטרה”
  • Hindi: “कलूतारा”
  • Indonesian: “Kalutara”
  • Italian: “Kalutara”
  • Japanese: “カルタラ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಲುತಾರ”
  • Korean: “칼루타라”
  • Latvian: “Kalutara”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalutara”
  • Malay: “Kalutara”
  • Marathi: “कटुरात”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalutara”
  • Persian: “کالوتارا”
  • Polish: “Kalutara”
  • Portuguese: “Kalutara”
  • Russian: “Калутара”
  • Sindhi: “ڪالوتارا”
  • Sinhala: “කලුතර”
  • Sinhala: “කළුතර”
  • Spanish: “Kalutara”
  • Swedish: “Kalutara”
  • Tamil: “களுத்துறை”
  • Tamil: “க்ளுட்டாரா”
  • Telugu: “కాలుతారా”
  • Thai: “กาลูทารา”
  • Turkish: “Kalutara”
  • Ukrainian: “Калутара”
  • Urdu: “کالوتارا”
  • Venetian: “Kalutara”
  • Vietnamese: “Kalutara”
  • Welsh: “Kalutara”

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