Matara

Summary

Matara is a city^[1]. Matara draws 122 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #671 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Matara is located in Southern Province^[3].
• Matara is in the country of Sri Lanka^[4].
• Matara's image is recorded as M7 811 pulling an express train into Matara Station.jpg^[5].
• Matara's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Matara's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123257613^[7].
• Matara's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88088551^[8].
• Matara's Commons category is recorded as Matara, Sri Lanka^[9].
• Matara's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[10].
• Matara's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 5.95, 'lon': 80.533333333333}^[11].
• Matara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bl81f^[12].
• Matara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Matara, Sri Lanka^[13].
• Matara's page banner is recorded as Blueislandmatara (cropped).jpg^[14].
• Matara's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Asia/Sri_Lanka/Southern/Matara/^[15].
• Matara's population is recorded as {'amount': '+68244'}^[16].
• Matara's WOEID is recorded as 2189735^[17].
• Matara's capital of is recorded as Matara District^[18].
• Matara's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Matara^[19].
• Matara's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1235846^[20].
• Matara's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Matara, Sri Lanka^[21].
• Matara's UN/LOCODE is recorded as LKMTA^[22].
• Matara's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[23].
• Matara's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2228033^[24].
• Matara's Quora topic ID is recorded as Matara-Sri-Lanka^[25].
• Matara's Who's on First ID is recorded as 1141906987^[26].
• Matara's OpenWeatherMap city ID is recorded as 1235846^[27].

Body

Geography

Matara is in the country of Sri Lanka^[4]. Matara is located in Southern Province^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Matara's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[23]. Matara's population is recorded as {'amount': '+68244'}^[16].

Designation and Status

Matara's instance of is recorded as city^[6].

Why It Matters

Matara draws 122 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #671 of 5,534).^[2] Matara has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]