Alakola-anga

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Alakola-anga
Village
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Alakola-anga
Coordinates: 7°30′27″N80°36′09″E / 7.5076°N 80.6025°E / 7.5076; 80.6025 [1]
CountrySri Lanka
Province Central Province
District Matale District
Time zone UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Alakola-anga is a village located near the town of Matale, in Matale District of Sri Lanka's Central Province.

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History

The inhabitants were "Vellalas, Blacksmiths, Welli Durayo, [and] Hangarammu, who do iron work", according to Archibald Campbell Lawrie's 1896 gazetteer of the province, referring to different castes. [2]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Ref.
1881 104 [2]
1891 48 [2]

See also

References

  1. "Alakolaanga". GEOnet Names Server . Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  2. 1 2 3 Lawrie, Archibald Campbell (1896). A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). State Print. Corporation. p. 10. Retrieved 19 August 2022.