Matale

Matale is a city in the Central Province of about 150 km away from , and 25 km north of .
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  • Type: City with 40,800 residents
  • Description: Administrative Capital in Central Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: Matale Town” and “Māttaḷai

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matale railway station and Zahira College.

Railway station
is the terminus railway station on the Matale railway line of . It is the 65th railway station on the line from Colombo Fort railway station and is located in the in the .

School
Matale, is one of the oldest schools in the . It is situated in the centre of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aluwihare and Harasgama.

Suburb
is a village in . It is located within , which lies in . The village is famous because of Aluvihare Rock Temple.

Village
is a suburb of Matale, .

Village
is a suburb of Matale, located within the .

Matale

Latitude
7.472° or 7° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
80.6234° or 80° 37′ 24″ east
Population
40,800
Elevation
366 metres (1,201 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LK MLE
Open location code
6MV2FJCF+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258049423
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1235855
Wiki­data ID
Q1540498
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Matale” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ماتال
  • Arabic: ماتالي
  • Asturian: Matale
  • Bengali: মাথাল
  • Catalan: Matale
  • Cebuano: Matale
  • Chinese: 馬特萊
  • Chinese: 马特莱
  • Danish: Matale
  • Dutch: Matale
  • Egyptian Arabic: ماتال
  • Finnish: Matale
  • French: Matale
  • German: Matale
  • Greek: Ματάλε
  • Gujarati: મટાલે
  • Hindi: मताले
  • Indonesian: Matale
  • Italian: Matale
  • Japanese: マータレー
  • Kannada: ಮತಲೆ
  • Kannada: ಮಾಟಲೆ
  • Korean: 마탈레
  • Korean: 마탈르
  • Latvian: Matale
  • Lithuanian: Matalė
  • Malay: Matale
  • Marathi: मटाले
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Matale
  • Persian: متاله
  • Polish: Matale
  • Portuguese: Matale
  • Russian: Матале
  • Sinhala: මාතලේ
  • Spanish: Matale
  • Swedish: Matale
  • Tamil: மாத்தளை
  • Telugu: మాటేల్
  • Thai: มาตาเล
  • Turkish: Matale
  • Ukrainian: Матале
  • Urdu: ماتالے
  • Vietnamese: Matale

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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 Wikivoyage page “Matale”. Photo: Olitheeban, CC BY-SA 4.0.