Matale

Matale
මාතලේ
மாத்தளை
Matale Skyline
Matale Skyline
Matale මාතලේ மாத்தளை is located in Sri Lanka
Matale මාතලේ மாத்தளை
Matale
මාතලේ
மாத்தளை
Coordinates: 7°28′7″N 80°37′22″E / 7.46861°N 80.62278°E / 7.46861; 80.62278
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province
DistrictMatale District
DivisionMatale Division
Kingdom of AnuradhapuraMathula Colony in 4th century BC
Municipal Council from 1963Matale Municipal Council
Founded byKing Pandukabhaya
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
 • BodyMatale Municipal Council
 • MayorSandhanam Prakash (CWC)[1]
 • Municipal CommissionerE. L. R. B. Atampawala
 • Matale SecretariatS. M. G. K. Perera[2]
 • Matale Police Deputy Inspector GeneralD. R. L. Ranaweera[3]
Area
 • Administrative Capital70.0 km2 (27.03 sq mi)
 • Urban
25.65 km2 (9.90 sq mi)
 • Metro
71 km2 (27 sq mi)
Elevation
364 m (1,194 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Urban
38,229
 • Urban density4,051/km2 (10,490/sq mi)
 • Metro
78,864
 • Metro density1,069/km2 (2,770/sq mi)
DemonymMathalites
Language
 • OfficialSinhala and Tamil
 • AdditionalEnglish
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Time in Sri Lanka)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5:30 (not observed)
Postal code
21xxx
Area code066

Matale (Sinhala: මාතලේ, Tamil: மாத்தளை, romanized: Māttaḷai) is a major city in Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative capital and largest urbanised city of Matale District. Matale is also the second largest urbanised and populated city in Central Province. It is located at the heart of the Central Highlands of the island and lies in a broad, green fertile valley at an elevation of 364 m (1,194 ft) above sea level. Surrounding the city are the Knuckles Mountain Range, the foothills were called Wiltshire by the British. They have also called this place as Matelle.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Matale Mayor Daljith Aluvihare suspended".
  2. ^ "District Secretariat – Matale".
  3. ^ "Kandy DIG promoted".
  4. ^ "CEYLON. (Hansard, 27 May 1851)". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ Tennent, James Emerson (1860). Ceylon: An account of the island. Physical, hist., and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Illustr. by maps, pl. and drawings. Longman.
  6. ^ Ferguson, John (1893). Ceylon in 1893 describing the progress of the Island since 1803, its present agricultural and commercial enterprises and its unequalled attractions to visitors. John Huddon, London.