Ratnapura

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Ratnapura

Total population

52,100

Elevation130 m

Land area20 km²

Coordinates6.68°, 80.40°

Demographic figures from Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ratnapura is a major city in Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of Sabaragamuwa Province, as well as the Ratnapura District, and is a traditional centre for the Sri Lankan gem trade. It is located on the Kalu Ganga in south-central Sri Lanka, some 101 km (63 mi) southeast of the country's capital, Colombo. Ratnapura is also spelled as Rathnapura.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

V

Vimukthi Jayasundara

Sri Lankan film director

A

Amal Peiris

Sri Lankan cricketer

Annesley Malewana

Sri Lankan musician

H

Hema Ellawala

Sri Lankan academic

R

Ranjith Laxman Wijayawardana

physicist (1955-2018)

Pradeep Nilanga Dela

Chief Custodian of Sri Dalada Maligawa

C

Camillus Perera

Umpire (1937-2002)

N

Nelson Gooneratne

Umpire

R

R. S. Wanasundera

Sri Lankan judge

R

Ranjith de Zoysa

Sri Lankan politician

H

Hatha Karunaratne

Sri Lankan boxer

J

Jinadasa Niyathapala

Sri Lankan politician (1929–2018)

G

Gamindu Kanishka

Sri Lankan cricketer

Jayaweera Kuruppu

politician

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

Sri Lankan researcher and science fiction author (1992-)

D

Dilshi Kumarasinghe

Sri Lankan athlete

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sabaragamuwa

• Batugedara
  0.9 mi away
• Kospelawinna
  1.4 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Kotamulla
  1.8 mi away
• Tiruwanaketiya
  2.3 mi away · pop. 1,500
• Ratnapura New Town
  2.5 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Ketandola
  2.6 mi away
• Karangoda
  2.6 mi away
• Hidellana
  2.7 mi away · pop. 1,500
• Malwala
  2.8 mi away
• Elapatha
  2.9 mi away
• Pelwadiya
  3 mi away
• Amithagoda
  3.5 mi away · pop. 5,000

Browse all places in Sabaragamuwa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ratnapura

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Hump Snout Lizard

Lyriocephalus scutatus

Seen 2026-09-27

Great Mormon

Papilio agenor

Seen 2026-09-26

Sri Lanka Tree-climbing Crab

Perbrinckia scansor

Seen 2026-09-26

Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon

Columba torringtoniae

Seen 2026-09-20

shampoo ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

Seen 2026-09-17

Tricolored Munia

Lonchura malacca

Seen 2026-09-17

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Seen 2026-09-17

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Seen 2026-09-17

Cnaphalocrocis patnalis

Cnaphalocrocis patnalis

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).