Official Name: | Alupotawela |
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 |
Subdivision Type3: | Divisional secretariat |
Subdivision Name3: | Ukuwela Divisional Secretariat |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Sri Lanka Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Coordinates: | 7.3976°N 80.6586°W |
Alupotawela is a village in Sri Lanka. It is a hamlet of Kaduwela, in Matale District of the Central Province.
As of 1896, the inhabitants were "Tellas and Stone-cutters", and were masons to the King during the Kandyan period. A canal was cut was from Yatawara to Alupotawela during the reign of King Vijayapala of Matale.[1]