City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Bentota
City population
37,000
#36
in Sri Lanka
#7
in Southern Province
#14,970
worldwide
6.426, 79.996 · 59 km from Colombo
About Bentota
Bentota is a city in Southern Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 37,000. It is the 36th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 14,970th largest worldwide. It lies 59 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#7of 9
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
6.426, 79.996
Record updated
2018-12-29
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 60 in Sri LankaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.