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Puttalam
Town in North Western, Sri Lanka / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the town in Sri Lanka. For the district, see Puttalam District.
Puttalam (Sinhala: පුත්තලම, romanized: Puttalama; Tamil: புத்தளம், romanized: Puttaḷam) is the largest town in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Puttalam is the administrative capital of the Puttalam District and governed by an urban council.
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Puttalam පුත්තලම புத்தளம் | |
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Town | |
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Coordinates: 08°02′03″N 79°50′07″E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | North Western |
District | Puttalam District |
Divisional Secretariat | Puttalam Division |
Government | |
• Type | Puttalam Urban Council |
• Chairman | Vacant since May 2021[1] |
Area | |
• Town | 25.6 km2 (9.9 sq mi) |
• Land | 119.0 km2 (45.9 sq mi) |
• Water | 327 km2 (126 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Town | 45,511 (Urban Council) |
• Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
• Urban density | 1,778/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
• Metro | 82,443 (Puttalam Division) |
• Metro density | 471.1/km2 (1,220/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) |
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