Akarahaduwa
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Akarahaduwa | |
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Village | |
  Akarahaduwa | |
| Coordinates: 7°39′09″N 80°39′43″E / 7.6526°N 80.662°E[1] | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Central Province |
| District | Matale District |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) |
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.[2]
