Matara (Rakahanga)
Matara may refer to: Places Peru * Matara District, Cajamarca, Cajamarca Province, Peru * , Cangallo Province, Peru Sri Lanka * Matara, Sri Lanka, a city on the coast of Southern Province * Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka * Matara fort, built in 1560 by the Portuguese on a promontory which separates the Niwala Ganga lagoon from the ocean * Matara railway station, Sri Lanka Other places * Matara, Eritrea, an archaeological site near Senafe Other uses * Matara (Martian crater) * Matara Bodhiya, a sacred fig tree in Matara, Sri Lanka * Matara SC, a Sri Lankan football club * Matara Sports Club, a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka See also * Matra (other) * Matar (other) Matar may refer to: People Given name * Matar Coly (born 1984), Senegalese footballer * Matar Fall (born 1982), French-born Senegalese football * Matar Sène (born 1970), retired Senegalese freestyle wrestler Surname * Agapius II Matar (1736� ...

Matara District, Cajamarca
Matará District is one of twelve districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ... of the province Cajamarca in Peru. References

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Matara, Sri Lanka
Matara ( si, මාතර, translit=Māthara, ta, மாத்தறை, translit=Māttaṟai) is a major city in Sri Lanka, on the southern coast of Southern Province. It is the second largest city in Southern Province. It is from Colombo. It is a major commercial hub, and it is the administrative capital and largest city of Matara District. Etymology Consist of two elements, the term Matara gives its meaning as ''the Great Ferry'', that may be the meaning "great seaport" or "great fortress". It is also thought as being derived from the mispronunciation of the word 'Matora' by the Portuguese who called it 'Mature' or ''Maturai'' in 1672. The native word 'Matora' might also derived from 'Maha Tera' meaning the place where the Great River was crossed. It was also called 'Maha Tota' (Malo Tota) or Maha- pattana, the great ferry.''Maha Ethara'' meaning "great ford". Today, the Nilwala River runs through Matara and it is said that there was a wide area where ferries used to c ...
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Matara District
Matara ( si, මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''Mātara distrikkaya''; ta, மாத்தறை மாவட்டம் ''Māttaṛai māvaṭṭam'') is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. Geography Matara District is located in the south west of Sri Lanka and has an area of . It is represented in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election by former Sri Lankan national Cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya who stood for the United People's Freedom Alliance. Administrative units Matara District is divided into 16 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent). ...
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Matara Fort
The Matara Fort ( si, මාතර බලකොටුව ''Mathara Balakotuwa''; ta, மாத்தறைக் கோட்டை, translit=Māttaṟaik Kōṭṭai) was built in 1560 by the Portuguese and was substantially re-built by the Dutch in 1640, following the capture of Galle. The fort, which consists of a large stone rampart, occupies the promontory, which separates the Niwala Ganga (River) lagoon and the ocean. History The Portuguese constructed the first fortifications in 1595, with the assistance of Don Juan Dharmapala, the ruler of the Kingdom of Kotte. In 1640 the Dutch captured Matara from the Portuguese, and in 1645 they were responsible for the construction of the current fortifications. The fort consists of a long, thick, high rampart and the gateway constructed from local limestone, granite and coral. The rampart originally had a ditch in front of it, two half bastion projections at each end and a larger projection in the centre close to the gate with ...
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Matara Railway Station
Matara railway station is a station in Matara, Sri Lanka. It is owned and operated by Sri Lanka Railways. Matara railway station opened on 17 December 1895 as the terminus of the Coastal Line. Location Matara station is located in the centre of the city, north of the Nilwala River. Layout Matara railway station is designed as through station, despite it being the coastal line's current terminus. Services Matara station is served by the ''Ruhunu Kumari'', ''Galu Kumari'', ''Rajarata Rejini ''Rajarata Rejini'' ( si, රජරට රැජිණි, Queen of the King's Land) is a daytime passenger train that runs between Anuradhapura and Beliatta via Colombo Fort in Sri Lanka. The ''Rajarata Rejini'' is currently the second longes ...'' and ''Sagarika'' trains. Many other services also operate at Matara.http://www.infolanka.com/org/mrail/rroutes.html The Rail Routes of Sri Lanka Local trains within the Southern Province connect Matara with Galle, calling at local sta ...
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Matara, Eritrea
Metera or መጠራ(𐩣𐩷𐩧) is a small town and important archeological site located in the Debub Region of Eritrea. Situated a few kilometers south of Senafe (ጸንዓፈ), it was a major city in the Dʿmt (𐩵𐩲𐩣𐩩) and Aksumite kingdoms. Since Eritrean independence, the National Museum of Eritrea has petitioned the Ethiopian government to return artifacts removed from the site. However, the efforts have thus far been rebuffed. History Matara is the name of both a small village and an important archaeological site in Eritrea. The latter is located some 136 kilometers southeast of the capital Asmara, just past Senafe on the road leading south to the border with the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The archaeological site already has yielded evidence of several levels of habitation, including at least two different major cities, covering more than 1000 years. The topmost layers are associated with the Aksumite Empire and date from the fourth to the eighth centu ...
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Matara (Martian Crater)
Matara may refer to: Places Peru * Matara District, Cajamarca, Cajamarca Province, Peru * , Cangallo Province, Peru Sri Lanka * Matara, Sri Lanka, a city on the coast of Southern Province * Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka * Matara fort, built in 1560 by the Portuguese on a promontory which separates the Niwala Ganga lagoon from the ocean * Matara railway station, Sri Lanka Other places * Matara, Eritrea, an archaeological site near Senafe Other uses * Matara (Martian crater) * Matara Bodhiya, a sacred fig tree in Matara, Sri Lanka * Matara SC, a Sri Lankan football club * Matara Sports Club, a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka See also * Matra (other) * Matar (other) Matar may refer to: People Given name * Matar Coly (born 1984), Senegalese footballer * Matar Fall (born 1982), French-born Senegalese football * Matar Sène (born 1970), retired Senegalese freestyle wrestler Surname * Agapius II Matar (1736� ...

Matara Bodhiya
Matara Bodhiya is a sacred fig tree in Matara, Sri Lanka. Its origin can be traced back to a tragic story centred on King Kumara Dharmasena or Kumaradhatusena son of King Kasyapa of Sigiriya (512-522 AD) and his closet friend, Kalidasa, a famous dramatist and poet. According to the tale the king whilst in the amorous company of a courtesan, spied a bee entangled in the petals of a lotus flower, inspired he wrote two poetic lines. He then offered a reward to anybody who could complete the other two stanzas to his poem. The cunning courtesan seized the opportunity took the verse to Kalidasa, who completed the poem. The courtesan then murdered Kalidasa in order to keep the reward for herself, concealing the body. The king however instantly recognised his friend's handwriting bringing the whole murderous ruse to light. When Kalidasa's dead body was taken to the funeral pyre for cremation, the grieving king unable to control his grief over the death of his beloved friend, threw himself ...
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Matara SC
Matara City is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in the coastal city of Matara. They play in the highest football league of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Champions League. The club was promoted to the Premier League in 2013. Honours *Sri Lanka Champions League The S1 League ( si, එස්1 ලීගය; ta, எஸ்1 லீக்), or simply S1, also known as Sri Lanka Champions League, is the second tier division of the Sri Lankan football league system and was succeeded by the professional Sri Lan ...: 1 **Winners: 2022 References Football clubs in Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-footyclub-stub ...
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Matara Sports Club
Matara Sports Club is a Division III cricket team in Matara, Sri Lanka. It played first-class cricket 1998 to 2001, before being demoted to Division II in 2002, and to Division III in 2014. The Uyanwatte ground is home to Matara Cricket Club. In the parlour of cricket Matara stands for one thing only, the modern master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya. Jayasuriya played his early cricket here, is revered in the area and from 2010 to 2015 was the MP for the Matara district. History The first official team was registered in 1904 and consisted of mainly European tea planters. Leading boys schools in Matara - Rahula, St. Servatius and St. Thomas Colleges have produced great cricketers, and some of them have played for the national team. Sanath Jayasuriya, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Indiak de Saram, Suraj Randiv, Janak Gamage, Prabhath Nissanka, Kasun Rajitha are some of them. Most of these cricketers started playing club cricket for Matara Sports Club. They won Div II Championship in 1989/ ...
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Matra (other)
Matra is a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile, aeronautics and weaponry. Matra or MATRA may also refer to: *Equipe Matra Sports, Matra's sports car division, former Formula One constructor Other uses *Mátra, a mountain range in Hungary *1513 Mátra, an asteroid named after Hungarian mountain range *Matra, Haute-Corse, a commune of the Haute-Corse department in France, on the island of Corsica *Matra (music), a beat in Indian classical music See also * Matri (other) *Muttrah ''(Matrah),'' city in Oman *''Maatr'', 2017 Indian thriller film by Ashtar Sayed *''Maattrraan ''Maattrraan'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co-written and directed by K. V. Anand and produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh and S. Suresh under the banner AGS Entertainment. It stars Suriya in dual roles, along ...