🇱🇰 Cities in Sri Lanka — API & JSON data

Geomelon tracks 3,140 cities in Sri Lanka, spread across 8 regions. Colombo is the largest, with a population of 647,557. City names are available in 10 languages through the API below.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Sri Lanka cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Colombo	Western Province	647,557
Gampaha	Western Province	191,040
Beruwala	Western Province	164,969
Kandy	—	161,000
Negombo	Western Province	142,136
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Western Province	115,826
Trincomalee	Eastern Province	115,443
Batticaloa	Eastern Province	95,489
Galle	Southern Province	93,118
Dambulla	—	91,550

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=lk&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "17c0c8c6-ffff-41bb-a6ae-da3b6dcffcd4",
    "name": "Colombo",
    "population": 647557,
    "countryName": "Sri Lanka",
    "countryCode": "LK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇱🇰",
    "regionName": "Western Province"
  },
  {
    "id": "85053c11-8232-4f24-84e9-cf40e0732aa3",
    "name": "Gampaha",
    "population": 191040,
    "countryName": "Sri Lanka",
    "countryCode": "LK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇱🇰",
    "regionName": "Western Province"
  },
  {
    "id": "ed388160-7fbe-4091-8b17-5c996d98c231",
    "name": "Beruwala",
    "population": 164969,
    "countryName": "Sri Lanka",
    "countryCode": "LK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇱🇰",
    "regionName": "Western Province"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=lk&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=lk&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Sri Lanka are available in 10 languages.

en: Colombo
ja: コロンボ
es: Colombo

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 30 Sri Lanka cities as JSON (5 KB, no API key) from the Sri Lanka cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Sri Lanka does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 3,140 cities in Sri Lanka across 8 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Sri Lanka city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Sri Lanka are available in 10 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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