Moratuwa is a large municipality on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. It is situated on the Galle–Colombo (Galle road) main highway, 18 km (11 mi) south of the centre of Colombo. Moratuwa is surrounded on three sides by water, except in the north of the city, by the Indian Ocean on the west, the Lake Bolgoda on the east and the Moratu river on the south. According to the 2012 census, the suburb had a population of 168,280.
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Moratuwa is the birthplace of Veera Puran Appu, a resistance fighter against British rule in Matale, the philanthropist Sir Charles Henry de Soysa and the musician Pandit W. D. Amaradeva.
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Towns around Moratuwa
- Panadura7.0 km S
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia7.6 km N
- Maharagama9.7 km NE
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte13 km N
- Pita Kotte13 km N
- Battaramulla South14 km N
- Homagama16 km NE
- Kotikawatta17 km N
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