City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Puttalam
North Western Province · Sri Lanka
City population
45,661
#31
in Sri Lanka
#1
in North Western Province
#12,391
worldwide
8.036, 79.828 · 122 km from Colombo
About Puttalam
Puttalam is a city in North Western Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 45,661. It is the 31st largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 12,391st largest worldwide. It lies 122 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
North Western Province
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
8.036, 79.828
Record updated
2018-12-30
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.