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401:temples
362:History
311:මන්නාරම
307:Sinhala
294:மன்னார்
176:Country
45:මන්නාරම
39:மன்னார்
1595:8°58′N
1488:Mannar
1433:Ja-Ela
1428:Horana
1414:Hatton
1399:Eravur
1389:Chilaw
1364:Ampara
1309:Matale
1299:Matara
1247:Jaffna
1071:
467:Month
445:Köppen
411:has a
407:. The
379:baobab
302:Maṉṉār
286:Mannar
254:35,817
217:Mannar
205:Mannar
124:Mannar
94:Mannar
34:Mannar
1636:This
1574:Note:
1242:Galle
1232:Kandy
977:65.5
974:10.7
971:13.9
928:947.4
923:176.9
918:257.1
913:166.1
506:Year
398:Hindu
391:Dutch
324:Manar
290:Tamil
1642:stub
1112:2024
1069:ISBN
1038:2021
984:NOAA
968:9.8
965:3.4
962:1.9
959:1.6
956:1.6
953:4.1
950:6.8
947:3.7
944:3.2
941:4.6
908:52.6
903:13.1
888:61.2
883:88.9
878:34.7
873:28.3
868:54.1
854:15.5
849:16.5
844:16.0
839:15.5
834:17.5
829:19.2
824:19.6
819:20.0
814:18.9
809:17.0
804:20.1
799:16.2
794:17.5
784:25.6
779:24.2
774:24.7
769:25.5
764:26.3
759:26.4
754:26.6
749:27.4
744:27.4
739:25.8
734:24.7
729:23.9
724:23.9
714:27.9
709:26.4
704:27.1
699:27.8
694:28.4
689:28.3
684:28.8
679:29.0
674:29.4
669:28.8
664:28.3
659:26.6
654:26.0
644:31.1
639:29.1
634:29.8
629:31.0
624:31.0
619:31.0
614:31.1
609:31.5
604:32.3
599:33.1
594:32.6
589:30.8
584:29.4
574:35.4
569:30.3
564:31.1
559:32.0
554:32.1
549:32.2
544:32.2
539:33.1
534:33.8
529:35.4
524:34.2
519:32.4
514:30.4
503:Dec
500:Nov
497:Oct
494:Sep
491:Aug
488:Jul
485:Jun
482:May
479:Apr
476:Mar
473:Feb
470:Jan
425:LTTE
417:rail
403:and
383:fort
55:Town
1172:of
898:8.5
893:5.9
241:N/A
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1026:.
449:Aw
447::
374:.
330:,
313:,
309::
305:,
296:,
292::
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1666:t
1659:v
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