Dewalapola

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Dewalapola

දෙවලපොල
தேவலபோல
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Dewalapola
Location in Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 7°10′6″N79°59′40″E / 7.16833°N 79.99444°E / 7.16833; 79.99444 Coordinates: 7°10′6″N79°59′40″E / 7.16833°N 79.99444°E / 7.16833; 79.99444
Country Sri Lanka
Province Western Province
District Gampaha District
Government
  Municipal Council Minuwangoda
  Headquarters Grama Niladhari Division (106)
Area
  Total15.00 km2 (5.79 sq mi)
Elevation
23 m (75 ft)
Population
  Total~ 2,250
  Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (SLST)
Postal code
11102
Area code(s) 011
Website www.minuwangoda.ds.gov.lk

Dewalapola is a small rural area in Minuwangoda Divisional Secretariate of Gampaha District, [1] Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the 245/1 Nittambuwa - Katunayake / Airport bus route between Veyangoda and Minuwangoda.

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The major landuses in the area are rubber, coconut, MHG, rice and pineapples. [2] Dewalapola is the home of Sri Sudarshanarama Purana Viharaya, [3] Minu / Ananda Maha Vidyalaya (AMV), a public library, a post office [4] and an Ayurvedic Center of the Department Of Ayurveda, Ministry Of Indigenous Medicine. [5]

Etymology

The name Dewalapola is a compound formed of Dewele (of two times) and Pola (place) which means a place that used twice (a day). Accordance with the historical scripts found in Sri Lanka, for example Mahawamsa and Rajavaliya, [6] Udugampola Rajadhaniya (the Kingdom of Udugampola) was being ruled by King Sakalakala Wallabha [7] when his elder half brother, Buwanakabahu, owned the throne under the name of Dharma Parakramabahu IX(1508 AD - 1528 AD) of the Kingdom of Kotte succeeding his father King Veera Parakramabahu. [8]

King Sakalakala Wallabha with one of his Raja Shilpis, named Balasuriya Kankanama, the devoted superintendent of irrigation of the kingdom, [9] used to take rest for refreshments at Dewalapola twice a day on his way to and from the construction site of Mabodale wewa. [10]

Demographic

Population by Age

Age GroupNumber
18>x974
18<x1252
Total2226

As a percentage.

  under 18 (43.76%)
  Over 18 (56.24%)
  Other (0%)

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References

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  2. "Climate of rice growing regions in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
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