Alawatugama

Last updated
Alawatugama
Village
Sri Lanka adm-2 location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Alawatugama
Coordinates: 7°10′12″N80°45′59″E / 7.17°N 80.7665°E / 7.17; 80.7665 [1]
CountryFlag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Province Central Province
District Nuwara Eliya District
Divisional secretariat Hanguranketha Divisional Secretariat
Time zone UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Alawatugama is a village in located in Nuwara Eliya District of Sri Lanka's Central Province. It is a hamlet of Damunumeya.

Contents

History

The inhabitants of the village were "Paduwo, Smiths, [and] Durayo", according to Archibald Campbell Lawrie's 1896 gazetteer of the province, referring to the caste system. [2]

The Berammane Bogaha Maluwa vihāra (monastery) located in the village is in ruins. [2]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Ref.
1881 184 [2]
1891 76 [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alawatugama". 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. p. 12. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.