Akuramboda

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Akuramboda
Village
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Akuramboda
Coordinates: 7°38′48″N80°36′05″E / 7.6467°N 80.6014°E / 7.6467; 80.6014 [1]
CountrySri Lanka
Province Central Province
District Matale District
Time zone UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Akuramboda is a village located in Matale District of Sri Lanka's Central Province.

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History

According to tradition, the first settler of the village was a bandāra from "Arakan" during the reign of an early Sinhalese king. A Buddhist vihāra in the village is said to have been built during the reign of the Sinhalese king Dutugamunu. [2]

A government school was operating at the village in 1880 with 170 boys on the roll, 166 boys in 1887, and 168 in 1893. [2]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Ref.
1881 269 [2]
1891 188 [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Akuramboda". GEOnet Names Server . Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lawrie, Archibald Campbell (1896). A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). State Print. Corporation. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 18 August 2022.


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