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Matara, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lankai
Regional Level Types
MataraCity
Matara DistrictDistrict
Southern ProvinceProvince
Sri LankaCountry

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PlacePopulation
Matara76,254 (2010)
Mindat Locality ID:
214409
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:214409:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Matara, Matara , Province du Sud, Sri Lanka
German:
Matara, Matara , Südprovinz, Sri Lanka
Italian:
Matara , Distretto di Matara, provincia Meridionale, Sri Lanka
Russian:
Матара, Матара, Южная провинция, Шри-Ланка
Simplified Chinese:
馬塔拉 , 馬特勒區, 南部省, 斯里蘭卡
Spanish:
Matara , Distrito de Matara , Provincia Sur, Sri Lanka
Arabic:
ماتارا, مديرية ماتارا, المقاطعة الجنوبية , سريلانكا
Catalan:
Matara, Sri Lanka
Cebuano:
Matara , Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Dutch:
Matara , Matara , Zuidelijke Provincie, Sri Lanka
Farsi/Persian:
ماتارا, ناحیه ماتارا, استان جنوبی , سری‌لانکا
Georgian:
მატარა, მატარის ოლქი, სამხრეთი პროვინცია, შრი-ლანკა
Hungarian:
Matara, Srí Lanka
Indonesian:
Matara, Matara, Provinsi Selatan, Sri Lanka
Japanese:
マータラ, マータラ県, 南部州, スリランカ
Kannada:
ಮತರ, ಮಟರಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ, ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾ
Polish:
Matara , Matara, Prowincja Południowa, Sri Lanka
Sinhalese:
මාතර, මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, දකුණු පළාත, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව
Slovenian:
Matara, Šrilanka
Swedish:
Matara, Matara, Sydprovinsen, Sri Lanka
Tamil:
மாத்தறை, மாத்தறை மாவட்டம், தென் மாகாணம், இலங்கை
Ukrainian:
Матара, Матара, Південна провінція, Шрі-Ланка
Urdu:
ماترا، سری لنکا, ماتارا ضلع, جنوبی صوبہ، سری لنکا, سری لنکا


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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matara,_Sri_Lanka
Wikidata ID:Q13360574


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