Yapahuwa

Yapahuwa was one of the ephemeral capitals of medieval . The citadel of Yapahuwa lying midway between Kurunagala and was built around a huge granite rock rising abruptly almost a hundred meters above the surrounding lowlands.
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  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of 98 metres (322 feet)
  • …is also known as “Yapahuva”
  • Description: place in North Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Yapahuwa

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Latitude
7.81856° or 7° 49′ 7″ north
Longitude
80.31316° or 80° 18′ 47″ east
Open location code
6MV2R897+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5052793626
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1222888
Wiki­data ID
Q3522473

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tamil—“Yapahuwa” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Yapahuwa”
  • French: “Yapahuwa”
  • Italian: “Yapahuwa”
  • Japanese: “ヤーパフワ”
  • Sinhala: “යාපහුව බලකොටුව”
  • Sinhala: “යාපහුව රාජධානිය”
  • Tamil: “யாபஹுவ இராசதானி”
  • Tamil: “யாப்பகூவா”

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