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OpenStreetMap register · harvested 28 September 2026

Bars and pubs in Sri Lanka

182 named entries lie inside the boundary OpenStreetMap draws for Sri Lanka: 147 tagged amenity=bar and 35 tagged amenity=pub. A register of what the map holds, with no ratings.

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  • 182entries
  • 147bars
  • 35pubs
  • 24with opening hours
  • 10with a website
  • 38with a street
  • 3towns with 3 or more

Counted by the register’s build script from OpenStreetMap data dated 2026-09-28 17:44:59 UTC. Method and limits.

Each square is a cell about 10 km wide, inked by the number of entries in it; the fullest holds 37. Drawn from the entries’ own coordinates, with no base map. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  • 1
  • 2 to 3
  • 4 to 7
  • 8 or more

Towns with the most entries

Town, as taggedEntriesBarsPubs
Bars in Negombo431
Bars in Colombo330
Bars in Kandy321

A town here is the place an entry names in its own address tags. 42 of the 182 entries name one; the others are in the register and on the map, but in no town’s count. Spellings that differ only by case or accents are counted together.

The first 60 of 182, by name

In order of name, as tagged. The order is the alphabet’s and nothing else: it is not a ranking. Each entry links to its OpenStreetMap object and, where one is tagged, to the venue’s own website.

All 182 in the desk, by town or by name

Method

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OpenStreetMap keeps two tags apart, and so does this register. amenity=bar is a place that serves drinks, often late and often with music; amenity=pub is a public house, where one can usually sit and often eat. Which of the two a venue carries is its mapper’s judgement. Where the map holds one venue twice, as a point and as a building outline with the same name, it is one entry here.

The figures for Sri Lanka count what volunteers have mapped, not what exists. A venue may have closed since it was mapped; a new one may not be mapped yet. Hours are printed as tagged, in OpenStreetMap’s own notation, and are not checked against the venue. This edition holds 138 of the 216 country areas OpenStreetMap draws; 78, the United States and Britain among them, are not harvested yet (the coverage note names them).

To correct an entry, follow its OpenStreetMap link and edit it there. The method page has the query, the dates and the limits.

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, read through the Overpass API. Street map in the desk: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles. Method, dates and limits.