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Moratuwa
Western Province, Sri Lanka · Asia
About Moratuwa
Moratuwa sits on the route: 15 minutes from Panadura.
Moratuwa is in Western Province, Sri Lanka, with about 170,000 people. The nearest town is Panadura, about 7 km away.
Moratuwa (Sinhala: මොරටුව) is a large municipality on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. It is situated on the Galle–Colombo (Galle road) main highway, 18 km (11 mi) south of the centre of Colombo. Moratuwa is surrounded on three sides by water, except in the north of the city, by theRead more
Indian Ocean on the west, the Lake Bolgoda on the east and the Moratu river on the south. According to the 2012 census, the suburb had a population of 168,280.
Moratuwa is the birthplace of Veera Puran Appu, a resistance fighter against British rule in Matale, the philanthropist Sir Charles Henry de Soysa and the musician Pandit W. D. Amaradeva.
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Moratuwa is in Western Province, Sri Lanka, about 7 km from Panadura.
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- Population
- 168,280
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Western Province
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
- Coordinates
- 6.7730, 79.8816
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