# Mawanagama GN division, Dehiattakandiya DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/dehiattakandiya/mawanagama/ Grama Niladhari division · Dehiattakandiya DS Division # Mawanagama Mawanagama is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Dehiattakandiya DS Division, Ampara District, Eastern Province. It covers **12.8 km²**. 5 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 12.8km² - 1mapped services - 108 mtypical elevation ## Where is Mawanagama? Mawanagama lies in [Dehiattakandiya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/dehiattakandiya/), [Ampara District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/), [Eastern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 4 other GN divisions: [Dehiattakandiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/dehiattakandiya/dehiattakandiya/), [Kadirapura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/dehiattakandiya/kadirapura/), [Lihiniyagama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/dehiattakandiya/lihiniyagama/) and [Sandunpura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/dehiattakandiya/sandunpura/). By area it is the 880th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 3.4% of [Dehiattakandiya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/dehiattakandiya/). The centre of Mawanagama is about 156 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.6449° N, 81.0639° E. Local names: මාවනාගම . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Villages and localities in Mawanagama Open gazetteers list **5 villages, towns and localities** in Mawanagama. - Dehiattekandiya - Lathpadura - Mahaella - Mawanagama - Sandunpura Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Mawanagama Named natural and historic features inside Mawanagama, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Pussalwinna Ela Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Mawanagama and the best time to visit Using the climate of Ampara District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 1,693 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (281 mm) and the driest Jul (58 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **February to March**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 26 150 Feb 26 106 Mar 28 94 Apr 28 152 May 29 131 Jun 29 68 Jul 29 58 Aug 29 67 Sep 28 110 Oct 28 217 Nov 27 281 Dec 26 259 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Mawanagama Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital New City Channeling Centre · Dehiattakandiya 3.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.66945&mlon=81.04694#map=17/7.66945/81.04694) Bank Seylan Bank · Dehiattakandiya 3.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.66977&mlon=81.04723#map=17/7.66977/81.04723) ATM Peoples Bank ATM · Dehiattakandiya 3.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.67118&mlon=81.04712#map=17/7.67118/81.04712) Petrol pump Nawa Madagama Petrol Station · Nawa Medagama 8.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.57042&mlon=81.04156#map=17/7.57042/81.04156) Hotel Millennium Regency Hotel Dehiattakandiya · Dehiattakandiya 3.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.67570&mlon=81.04751#map=17/7.67570/81.04751) Mall Ezmart.lk · Mawanagama 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.63082&mlon=81.05320#map=17/7.63082/81.05320) School Sadunpura School · Sandunpura 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.62868&mlon=81.04513#map=17/7.62868/81.04513) College Unique Academy of Higher Education · Siripura 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.73184&mlon=81.01344#map=17/7.73184/81.01344) Police station Dehiattakandiya Police Station · Dehiattakandiya 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.67238&mlon=81.04447#map=17/7.67238/81.04447) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Mawanagama Places mapped inside Mawanagama in open map data, by type. - Shopping malls1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other GN divisions in Dehiattakandiya DS Division - Bakmeedeniya - Dehiattakandiya - Ihalagama - Kadirapura - Lihiniyagama - Nawa Medagama - Paranagama - Rideela - Sandamadulla - Sandunpura - Serupitiya - Wewmedagama ## Quick answers - Where is Mawanagama?In Dehiattakandiya DS Division, Ampara District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Mawanagama?Dehiattakandiya, Kadirapura, Lihiniyagama and Sandunpura - How many villages are in Mawanagama?5 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Mawanagama?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Mawanagama?New City Channeling Centre, about 3.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Mawanagama?Seylan Bank, about 3.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Mawanagama?Peoples Bank ATM, about 3.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Mawanagama?Nawa Madagama Petrol Station, about 8.6 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Mawanagama?LK5203025 (OCHA common operational dataset)