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Ampara
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Place details
- Locality
- Ampara
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 43,720
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ampara
- Settlement.native_name
- අම්පාරஅம்பாறை
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ampara.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ampara Clock Tower
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Eastern
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ampara
- Settlement.government_type
- Urban Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- M. A. Chaminda Sugath
- Settlement.leader_party
- UPFA
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
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Ampara (, ) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council.
It is located in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, about east of Colombo and approximately south of Batticaloa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ampara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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