Sammanthurai
Sammanthurai is a town of over 60,000 people in the Ampara District of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It's renowned for its rice paddies and its inner harbour from ancient times - although it is now more than 4 km from the coast of the Bay of Bengal.
- Town with about 15,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
- …is also known as “Sammanturai”
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
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Latitude
7.358° or 7° 21′ 29″ north
Longitude
81.7985° or 81° 47′ 55″ east
Open location code
6MV39Q5X+59
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place = town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tamil—“Sammanthurai” goes by many names.
SammanthuraiAsturian
সম্মানথুরাইBengali
SammanthuraiIrish
サマンスライJapanese
سامانتورایPersian
සමන්තුරේSinhala
சம்மாந்துறைTamil
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