Matale

Matale is a city in the Central Province of about 150 km away from , and 25 km north of .
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  • City with 40,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 366 metres (1,201 feet)
  • Description: Administrative Capital in Central Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as
    “Matale Town”
    “Māttaḷai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matale railway station and Zahira College.
is the terminus railway station on the Matale railway line of .
Matale, is one of the oldest schools in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aluwihare and Harasgama.
is a suburb of Matale, .
is a suburb of Matale, located within the .

Matale

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Latitude
7.472° or 7° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
80.6234° or 80° 37′ 24″ east
UN/LOCODE
LK MLE
Open location code
6MV2FJCF+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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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”
  • Pampanga: “Mátale”
  • Persian: “متاله”
  • Polish: “Matale”
  • Portuguese: “Matale”
  • Russian: “Матале”
  • Sinhala: “මාතලේ”
  • Spanish: “Matale”
  • Spanish: “Matalé”
  • Swedish: “Matale”
  • Tamil: “மாத்தளை”
  • Telugu: “మాటేల్”
  • Thai: “มาตาเล”
  • Turkish: “Matale”
  • Ukrainian: “Матале”
  • Urdu: “ماتالے”
  • Vietnamese: “Matale”

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