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City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia

Kalmunai

City population
100,171
#11
in Sri Lanka
#2
in Eastern Province
#5,742
worldwide
ColomboKalmunai
7.409, 81.835 · 225 km from Colombo
City population
100,171
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Sri Lanka
#11
of 60 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#5,742
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Sri Lanka
0.5%
of the national population

About Kalmunai

Kalmunai is a city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 100,171. It is the 11th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 5,742nd largest worldwide. It lies 225 km from Colombo.

Position in Sri Lanka
#11of 60
LargestSmallest
Position in Eastern Province
#2of 7
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Rank in region
#2of 7
Distance to capital
to Colombo
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
7.409, 81.835
Record updated
2022-01-10
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 Lanka

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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