Yapahuwa
Yapahuwa was one of the ephemeral capitals of medieval Sri Lanka. The citadel of Yapahuwa lying midway between Kurunagala and Anuradhapura was built around a huge granite rock rising abruptly almost a hundred meters above the surrounding lowlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kurun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Asiriu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: place in North Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Yapahuva”
Photo: Chindemaya, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maho.
Maho
Town
Mahawa is a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is located in the Kurunegala District. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus and Christians live in this town. Maho is situated 4½ km west of Yapahuwa.
Yapahuwa
- Categories: geographical feature, citadel, and locality
- Location: Pailigama, Maho, Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.81856° or 7° 49′ 7″ northLongitude
80.31316° or 80° 18′ 47″ eastElevation
98 metres (322 feet)Open location code
6MV2R897+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5052793626OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Karambe and Daladagama.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ettambura Rock and Yapahuwa Kota Vehera.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yapahuwa”. Photo: Asiriu, CC BY-SA 3.0.