Pottuvil
Sign in to savePottuvil (; ) is a town in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka, located in the Eastern Province on the eastern coast of the Island. It is situated north of the popular tourist destination Arugam Bay.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pottuvil
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pottuvil
- Settlement.image_caption
- Pottuvil, Sri Lanka, Fisherman trying to catch fish
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fishing_in_pottuvil,_Sri_lanka.jpg
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- 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.subdivision_type4
- DS Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Ampara District
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Fishing in pottuvil, Sri lanka.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Demographics
- Ethnicity in Pottuvil Town (2012)
- Economy
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- References
Pottuvil (; ) is a town in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka, located in the Eastern Province on the eastern coast of the Island. It is situated north of the popular tourist destination Arugam Bay.
==Name== The romanized form Pothuwila and also Pothuvila are also common in English-language writings of Sinhalese writers, and on many webpages. Most Sinhala newspaper articles and Facebook pages refer to "Pothuvila", පොතුවිල.