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Badulla (, ; ,) is the capital and the largest city of Uva Province situated in the central hills of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of Uva Province and the Badulla District.

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Badulla is a city and human settlement located in Sri Lanka. It serves as the capital of both Badulla District and Uva Province. The city is situated at an elevation of 680 meters above sea level and covers an area of 10 square kilometers. Its official name is also recorded in Sinhala and Tamil scripts.

The population of Badulla is listed as 43,000 in one source, while another records it as 47,587. The local dialing code is 55, and the area operates in the UTC+05:30 time zone. Badulla is described in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

Synthesized by Vinony from 45 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
Badulla
Region
Uva Province
Country
Sri Lanka
Population
47,587
Timezone
Asia/Colombo

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

33US AQIGood
PM2.5
6.3 µg/m³
PM10
13.4 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-12 09:30 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

Settlement.name
Badulla
Settlement.native_name
බදුල්ල
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Badulla Clock Tower.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Badulla clock tower
Settlement.pushpin_map
Sri Lanka
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
Location of Badulla within Sri Lanka
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sri Lanka
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Uva Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Badulla
Settlement.subdivision_type4
DS Division
Settlement.government_type
Municipal Council
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
10

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
බදුල්ල
Country
Sri Lanka
Population
43000
Area
10
Elevation
680
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Capital of
Uva Province
Image
BadullaTown.JPG
Dialing code
55
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Commons category
Badulla
P12749
Banjul
Sources (4)

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Travel guide

Eat

You will find just a few local restaurants.

Go next

Ella by train to see the great nature and 360 deg. circle in Demodara along the way Tangalle, Matara, Galle with the bus at 6:30AM from the bus terminal.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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2 mapped locations