Agalawatta

Agalawatta
Agalawatta
Suburb
	Agalawatta
	Coordinates: 7°28′47″N 80°36′21″E / 7.4798°N 80.6059°E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
District	Matale District
Divisional Secretariat	Matale Divisional Secretariat
Government
• Type	Matale Municipal Council
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Agalawatta is a suburb of Matale in Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is located 2.6 km (1.6 mi) north of the centre of Matale.

History

The inhabitants of Agalawatta supplied iron and saltpeter to the "Aramadula" in the Dutch Ceylon and British Ceylon, according to Archibald Campbell Lawrie's 1896 gazetteer of the province.^[2]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1881^[2]	383	—
1891^[2]	428	+11.7%

↑ "Agalawatta". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
1 2 3 Lawrie, Archibald Campbell (1896). A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). State Print. Corporation. p. 3. Retrieved 18 August 2022.