Puttalam at a glance
- Puttalam is home to about 46,000 people, among the 50 largest places in Sri Lanka.
- No town in the North Western Province is bigger.
- Colombo, the largest city in Sri Lanka, is about 122 km away.
- For a bigger city, Negombo is about 92 km away.
- Close by: Chilaw (51 km), Kuliyapitiya (67 km) and Anuradhapura (71 km).