Matara District, Southern

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Matara District at a glance

Matara District currently has 2 quality-checked populated place pages linked on MapSof, making it easier to jump from the county overview into local city pages.

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Mapped populated places

2

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Southern counties

3

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Largest city

Weligama

Population 22,179

Top linked places

Weligama 22,179 Mirissa city 4,695

Country	Sri Lanka
State	Southern (Sri Lanka)
Area	1282.5 km2
Latitude & Longitude	6.1329,80.5280
Time Zone	Asia/Colombo
Local time	08:44:09 (16th April 2026)

Geography

Matara District is located at 6°7'58"N 80°31'41"E (6.1329000, 80.5280000).