Official Name: | Akarahaduwa |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Sri Lanka |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Matale District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | Sri Lanka Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Coordinates: | 7.6526°N 80.662°W |
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.
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.[1]