Matale
Sign in to saveMatale District (, ) is a district in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, and one of the country's 25 districts. The administrative capital and largest city is Matale. Covering , the district is considered the centremost region of the island, sharing borders with six other districts: Anuradhapura to the north, Polonnaruwa to the northeast, Badulla and Ampara to the east, Kurunegala to the west, and Kandy to the south.
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Place details
- Locality
- Matale
- Region
- Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 36,462
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Matale District
- Settlement.type
- Administrative District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- City of Matale.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Panorama of Matale
- Settlement.image_caption
- Panorama of Matale, the district capital
- Settlement.image_map
- Sri Lanka districts Matale.svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Outline map of Sri Lanka with Matale District shaded in the north-central region
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Sri Lanka with Matale District highlighted
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central Province
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Matale District
- Population
- +36451
- Elevation
- +364
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Matale District
- Image
- Temple in Matale.JPG
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- Category:Matale
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Article
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- Heritage sites
- Tourist attractions
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- External links
Matale District (, ) is a district in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, and one of the country's 25 districts. The administrative capital and largest city is Matale. Covering , the district is considered the centremost region of the island, sharing borders with six other districts: Anuradhapura to the north, Polonnaruwa to the northeast, Badulla and Ampara to the east, Kurunegala to the west, and Kandy to the south.
The district contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites—the Sigiriya rock fortress, the Dambulla cave temple, and the Knuckles Conservation Forest (inscribed as part of the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka)—and was the site of the first written recording of the Pali Canon at the Aluvihare Rock Temple in the 1st century BCE. The Matale Rebellion of 1848, a significant episode of anti-colonial resistance, was centred here.