Matale District
Matale Divisional Secretariat
Aluvihare

Aluwihare

Aluwihare is a village in . It is located within , which lies in . The village is famous because of Aluvihare Rock Temple.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb with 2,500 residents
  • Description: village in Central Province, Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Aluvihare”
  • Address: Jaffna - Kandy Road, Aluvihare

Places of Interest

Highlights include Matale railway station and Zahira College.

Railway station
is the terminus railway station on the Matale railway line of . It is the 65th railway station on the line from Colombo Fort railway station and is located in the in the . is situated 3½ km south of Aluwihare.

School
Matale, is one of the oldest schools in the . It is situated in the centre of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mandandawela and Harasgama.

Village
is a suburb of , located within the .

Village
is a suburb of , .

Photo: Olitheeban, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the Central Province of about 150 km away from , and 25 km north of .

Aluwihare

Latitude
7.49793° or 7° 29′ 53″ north
Longitude
80.62342° or 80° 37′ 24″ east
Population
2,500
Elevation
377 metres (1,237 feet)
Open location code
6MV2FJXF+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4593704415
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1251713
Wiki­data ID
Q4737599
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Uzbek—“Aluwihare” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Aluwihare”
  • Irish: “Aluwihare”
  • Persian: “الوویهار”
  • Sinhala: “අලුවිහාරේ”
  • Sinhala: “අළුවිහාරය”
  • Slovenian: “Aluwihare”
  • Uzbek: “Aluwihare”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Matale Aluvihara Raja Maha Viharaya and Aluvihare Walauwe.

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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 “Aluwihare”. Photo: Francesc Genové, CC BY 2.0.