Ambalantota: facts

At a glance

• Country: Sri Lanka
• Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
• Population: approximately 80,506
• Coordinates: 6.1196° N, 81.0214° E
• Time zone: Asia/Colombo (UTC+05:30)
• Currency: Rupee (LKR)
• Distance to the capital, Colombo: 158 km (98 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI): 22 km (13 mi), straight line
• Koggala Airport (KCT): 79 km (49 mi), straight line
• Colombo Ratmalana International Airport (RML): 148 km (92 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Hambantota: 11 km (7 mi)
• Beliatta: 33 km (20 mi)
• Kataragama: 48 km (30 mi)
• Devinuwara: 52 km (33 mi)
• Matara: 57 km (35 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kandy, 137 km (85 mi)