Ratnapura

Ratnapura is the capital city of Province, located on the Kalu Ganga in south-central Sri Lanka, some 101 km southeast of the country's capital, . Its name means 'City of Gems'.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Ratnapura and Keells.

Museum
The is one of the national museums of . It is located in Ratnapura, and it was opened on 13 May 1988. The museum building is called “Ehelepola Walauwa”, as it once belonged to Ehelepola Nilame, a courtier of the…

Supermarket
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is a Sri Lankan supermarket chain operated by Jaykay Marketing Services Ltd, a subsidiary of the John Group. Established in 1991, has grown to operate 135 outlets across the country, positioning itself as one of the leading retail chains in Sri Lanka alongside other retailers such as Cargills, Glomark, Spar, and Arpico.

School
is a National School in affiliated with the Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya located in . School has two sections - the Primary section, which serves students from Grade 1 to Grade 5, and the Secondary section, which serves students from Grade 6 to Grade 13.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Batugedara and Hidallana.

Village
is a small town in the Province of southwestern , located just to the east of the province's capital of Ratnapura. It is most notable as a source for gemstones, and as a destination for tourism.

Village
is a town in the of , located at latitude: 6°42'57.96", longitude: 80°22'46.2" near Ratnapura. The estimated mean elevation above sea level is 82 metres. The postal code is 70012.

Ratnapura

Latitude
6.6804° or 6° 40′ 49″ north
Longitude
80.4023° or 80° 24′ 8″ east
Population
52,100
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LK RPU
Open location code
6MR2MCJ2+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 637897018
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1228730
Wiki­data ID
Q508753
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Welsh—“Ratnapura” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ራትናፑራ”
  • Arabic: “راتنابورا”
  • Asturian: “Ratnapura”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ratnapura”
  • Bengali: “রত্নপুরা”
  • Bengali: “রত্নাপুরা”
  • Catalan: “Ratnapura”
  • Cebuano: “Ratnapura (kapital sa lalawigan sa Sri Lanka)”
  • Cebuano: “Ratnapura”
  • Chinese: “拉特納普勒”
  • Chinese: “拉特纳普勒”
  • Danish: “Ratnapura”
  • Dutch: “Ratnapura”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “راتنابورا”
  • Esperanto: “Ratnapura”
  • Estonian: “Ratnapura”
  • Finnish: “Ratnapura”
  • French: “Ratnapura”
  • Georgian: “რატნაპურა”
  • German: “Ratnapura”
  • Greek: “Ρατναπούρα”
  • Gujarati: “રત્નાપુરા”
  • Hausa: “Ratnapura”
  • Hebrew: “רטנאפורה”
  • Hebrew: “רטנהפורה”
  • Hindi: “रत्नपुरा”
  • Hindi: “रत्नापुर”
  • Hindi: “रत्नापुरा”
  • Hindi: “रथ्नापुरा”
  • Indonesian: “Ratnapura”
  • Irish: “Ratnapura”
  • Italian: “Ratnapura”
  • Japanese: “ラトゥナプラ”
  • Javanese: “Ratnapura”
  • Kannada: “ರತ್ನಪುರ”
  • Kannada: “ರತ್ನಾಪುರ”
  • Kazakh: “Ратнапура”
  • Kirghiz: “Ратнапура”
  • Korean: “라트나푸라”
  • Latvian: “Ratnapura”
  • Lithuanian: “Ratnapura”
  • Malay: “Ratnapura”
  • Malayalam: “രത്നപുര”
  • Marathi: “रत्नापूरा”
  • Mingrelian: “რატნაპურა”
  • Nepali: “रत्नपुरा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ratnapura”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ratnapura”
  • Oromo: “Ratnapura”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਤਨਪੁਰਾ”
  • Persian: “راتناپورا”
  • Persian: “رتن‌پورا”
  • Polish: “Ratnapura”
  • Portuguese: “Ratnapura”
  • Pushto: “رتن پورا”
  • Russian: “Ратнапура”
  • Russian: “Ратнапуры”
  • Silesian: “Ratnapura”
  • Sinhala: “රත්නපුර”
  • Slovenian: “Ratnapura”
  • Somali: “Ratnapura”
  • Spanish: “Ratnapura”
  • Swahili: “Ratnapura”
  • Swedish: “Ratnapura”
  • Tajik: “Ратнапура”
  • Tamil: “இரத்தினபுரி”
  • Tatar: “Ратнапура”
  • Telugu: “రత్నపుర”
  • Thai: “รัตนปุระ”
  • Turkish: “Ratnapura”
  • Ukrainian: “Ратнапура”
  • Urdu: “رتناپورہ”
  • Uzbek: “Ratnapura”
  • Veps: “Ratnapur”
  • Vietnamese: “Ratnapura”
  • Welsh: “Ratnapura”

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