Anuradhapura is a major city in the north central plain of Sri Lanka, the capital of North Central Province and of Anuradhapura District, lying 205 kilometres north of Colombo on the banks of the historic Malwathu Oya. It is now a World Heritage Site, celebrated for its well-preserved ruins of the ancient Sinhalese civilisation.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Anuradhapura (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '5th century BC' on 'Anuradhapura'
Infobox: population_total
50,595
View the Source 2. Anuradhapura (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 8.335, longitude 80.410833
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 81 m
P2046 (area)
area 7179.0 sq km
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Anuradhapura - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1251081
8.31223 80.41306 P PPLA LK 30 60943 100 Asia/Colombo
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 100 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.25, 80.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.25, 80.25
8.25 80.25 As
Wikidata: Anuradhapura
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