City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Kataragama
Uva Province · Sri Lanka
City population
20,935
#57
in Sri Lanka
#2
in Uva Province
#24,427
worldwide
6.413, 81.335 · 174 km from Colombo
About Kataragama
Kataragama is a city in Uva Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 20,935. It is the 57th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 24,427th largest worldwide. It lies 174 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Uva Province
Rank in region
#2of 2
Elevation
48 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
6.413, 81.335
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 LankaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.