Southern Province
Matara District
Weligama Divisional Secretariat

Mirissa

Mirissa is a small town on the south coast of , located in the of the . It is approximately 150 kilometres south of and is situated at an elevation of 4 metres above sea level.
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  • Type: Town with 15,000 residents
  • Description: place in Southern Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Miris’sa” and “Mirissa city”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Polwathumodara railway station and Mirissa railway station.

Railway station
is a railway station on the coastal railway line of . It is situated between and Weligama railway stations.

Railway station
is a railway station on the coastal railway line of . It is situated between Kamburugamuwa and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weligama.

Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on the south coast of , located in , , governed by an Urban Council. The name , literally means "sandy village" which refers to the area's sandy sweep bay.

Mirissa

Latitude
5.9494° or 5° 56′ 58″ north
Longitude
80.4558° or 80° 27′ 21″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
6MQ2WFX4+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 50769618
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11979654
Wiki­data ID
Q1345652
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Tamil—“Mirissa” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “মিরিসা”
  • Chinese: “米瑞莎”
  • German: “Mirissa”
  • Irish: “Mirissa”
  • Persian: “میریسسا”
  • Russian: “Мирисса”
  • Sinhala: “මිරිස්ස”
  • Spanish: “Mirisa”
  • Tamil: “மிரிஸ்ஸ”

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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 Wikipedia page “Mirissa”. Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.