Puttalam
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Place details
- Locality
- Puttalam
- Region
- North Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 45,661
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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Key facts
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sri Lanka, Puttalam street scene (5).jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Western
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Vacant since May 2021
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 25.6
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 119.0
- Settlement.area_water_km2
- 327
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_total
- 45,511 (Urban Council)
- Settlement.population_metro
- 82,443 (Puttalam Division)
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 400
- Settlement.timezone
- Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +05:30
- Settlement.name
- Puttalam
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
- Points of interest
- Energy
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- Notable people
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Puttalam (; ) is the largest town in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Puttalam is the administrative capital of the Puttalam District and governed by a municipal council.
== Climate == Under the Köppen climate classification, Pattalam has a tropical savanna climate (As) with a short dry season from June to September and a second dry season from January to March. The wet season is mainly from October to December. Temperatures remain steady throughout the year with little variations in between.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puttalam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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