City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Kurunegala
North Western Province · Sri Lanka
City population
28,571
#49
in Sri Lanka
#2
in North Western Province
#18,834
worldwide
7.484, 80.368 · 84 km from Colombo
About Kurunegala
Kurunegala is a city in North Western Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 28,571. It is the 49th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 18,834th largest worldwide. It lies 84 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
North Western Province
Rank in region
#2of 3
Coordinates
7.484, 80.368
Record updated
14 April 2026
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.