Akarahaduwa

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Akarahaduwa
Village
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Akarahaduwa
Coordinates: 7°39′09″N80°39′43″E / 7.6526°N 80.662°E / 7.6526; 80.662 [1]
CountrySri Lanka
Province Central Province
District Matale District
Time zone UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Akarahaduwa is a village in Matale District, in Sri Lanka's Central Province. It is bounded on the west, north, and east by the Amban River, a tributary of the Mahaweli River.

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History

According to Archibald Campbell Lawrie's 1896 gazetteer of the province, the inhabitants of the village smelted and delivered iron. A considerable number of the villagers were Moors who supported their lebbe and their mosque. [2]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Ref.
1881 91 [2]
1891 84 [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Akarahaduwa". GEOnet Names Server . Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Lawrie, Archibald Campbell (1896). A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). State Print. Corporation. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 18 August 2022.


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