# Wennappuwa DS Division, Puttalam District – GN divisions > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/ Divisional Secretariat division · Puttalam District # Wennappuwa DS Division Wennappuwa DS Division is a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division of Sri Lanka in Puttalam District, North Western Province. It covers **41.2 km²**. It is divided into 52 GN divisions. 36 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 86 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 41.2km² - 52GN divisions - 86mapped services ## Where is Wennappuwa DS Division? Wennappuwa DS Division lies in [Puttalam District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/), [North Western Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 4 other DS divisions: [Dankotuwa DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/dankotuwa/), [Katana DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/katana/), [Nattandiya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/nattandiya/) and [Negombo DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/negombo/). By area it is the 305th largest of 339 DS divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.3% of [Puttalam District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/). The centre of Wennappuwa DS Division is about 43 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.3201° N, 79.8529° E. Local names: වෙන්නප්පුව · வென்னப்புவை . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## GN divisions of Wennappuwa DS Division Grama Niladhari division Area km² Localities Services [Aluttota](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/aluttota/) 1.4 2 2 [Angampitiya East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/angampitiya-east/) 0.6 1 2 [Angampitiya West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/angampitiya-west/) 0.6 0 0 [Bandirippuwa East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/bandirippuwa-east/) 0.7 0 0 [Bandirippuwa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/bandirippuwa-north/) 3.4 2 0 [Bandirippuwa West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/bandirippuwa-west/) 1.9 0 1 [Bolana](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/bolana/) 0.5 1 0 [Bolawatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/bolawatta/) 0.8 2 0 [Boralessa East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/boralessa-east/) 0.7 0 0 [Boralessa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/boralessa-north/) 0.8 1 2 [Boralessa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/boralessa-south/) 0.6 0 0 [Boralessa West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/boralessa-west/) 0.6 0 0 [Dummaladeniya East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/dummaladeniya-east/) 0.7 1 3 [Dummaladeniya North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/dummaladeniya-north/) 0.5 0 1 [Dummaladeniya South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/dummaladeniya-south/) 0.6 1 0 [Dummaladeniya West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/dummaladeniya-west/) 0.4 1 1 [Hanathotupola](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/hanathotupola/) 0.6 0 2 [Kadawatha](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/kadawatha/) 0.3 0 0 [Kammala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/kammala/) 1.7 2 15 [Kolinjadiya East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/kolinjadiya-east/) 0.5 0 3 [Kolinjadiya North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/kolinjadiya-north/) 0.6 2 0 [Kolinjadiya South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/kolinjadiya-south/) 0.3 0 0 [Kolinjadiya West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/kolinjadiya-west/) 0.6 0 1 [Lunuvila East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/lunuvila-east/) 0.5 0 0 [Lunuvila South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/lunuvila-south/) 1.7 1 1 [Lunuvila West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/lunuvila-west/) 1.5 0 1 [Meda Dummaladeniya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/meda-dummaladeniya/) 0.8 0 2 [Meda Lunuvila](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/meda-lunuvila/) 1.0 0 0 [Meda Nainamadama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/meda-nainamadama/) 0.7 1 0 [Meda Ulhitiyawa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/meda-ulhitiyawa/) 0.7 0 4 [Meda Wennappuwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/meda-wennappuwa/) 0.5 0 3 [Mirissankotuwa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/mirissankotuwa-north/) 0.6 1 0 [Mirissankotuwa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/mirissankotuwa-south/) 0.6 1 0 [Nainamadama East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/nainamadama-east/) 0.5 2 1 [Nainamadama West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/nainamadama-west/) 1.0 3 2 [Rangammulla](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/rangammulla/) 0.6 0 1 [Sindathriya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/sindathriya/) 1.0 1 3 [Sirigampala North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/sirigampala-north/) 1.6 0 1 [Sirigampala South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/sirigampala-south/) 0.5 0 0 [Thambaravila](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/thambaravila/) 0.8 2 2 [Thopputhota](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/thopputhota/) 0.3 1 4 [Udasirigama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/udasirigama/) 0.3 0 0 [Ulhitiyawa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/ulhitiyawa-north/) 0.6 1 2 [Ulhitiyawa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/ulhitiyawa-south/) 0.8 1 2 [Ulhitiyawa West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/ulhitiyawa-west/) 0.4 0 0 [Waikkala North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/waikkala-north/) 0.7 0 3 [Waikkala South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/waikkala-south/) 0.4 2 1 [Wellamankaraya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/wellamankaraya/) 0.8 0 3 [Wennappuwa East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/wennappuwa-east/) 0.7 0 0 [Wennappuwa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/wennappuwa-north/) 0.9 1 4 [Wennappuwa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/wennappuwa-south/) 0.8 0 0 [Wennappuwa West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/wennappuwa/wennappuwa-west/) 0.8 2 13 Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). ## Villages and localities in Wennappuwa DS Division Open gazetteers list **36 villages, towns and localities** in Wennappuwa DS Division. Settlements here lie between about 5 m and 26 m above sea level (median 15 m). - Aluttota - Angampitiya - Bandirippuwa - Bolana - Bolawatta - Boralessa East - Church Junction - Dombagahawatta - Dombagahawatte - Dummaladeniya East - Dummaladeniya Junction - Haldanduwana North - Kammala North - Kammala South - Kolinjadiya - Kulamulla - Lunuwila - Mampitiya - Manguruwala - Mirissankotuwa - Murutana - Nainamadama - Nainamadama East - Nainamadama West - Randiyagama Junction - Sindattiriya - Tambarawila - Thaldeka - Toppukota - Vaikkala - Waikkala Junction - Wayikkal - Wennappuwa - Wennappuwa North - Wennappuwa South - Wennappuwa Town 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 Wennappuwa DS Division Named natural and historic features inside Wennappuwa DS Division, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 reservoir or tank. - Dummaladeniya Wewa ### Estates 4 estates; 2 oil-palm estates. - Bandirippuwa - Bandirippuwa - Galawatte - Kandewatta - Kirimetiana - Lunuwila 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 Wennappuwa DS Division and the best time to visit Using the climate of Puttalam District, the warmest month is Apr (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 1,295 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (247 mm) and the driest Jul (34 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to February and June to September**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 56 Feb 26 47 Mar 28 76 Apr 29 145 May 28 110 Jun 28 44 Jul 27 34 Aug 27 51 Sep 27 87 Oct 27 227 Nov 26 247 Dec 26 171 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Wennappuwa DS Division Places mapped inside Wennappuwa DS Division in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals2 - Banks9 - Petrol pumps7 - Hotels33 - Schools6 - Colleges and universities2 - Cinemas3 - Pharmacies1 - Restaurants21 - Police stations2 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. ## Quick answers - Where is Wennappuwa DS Division?In Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Wennappuwa DS Division?Dankotuwa DS Division, Katana DS Division, Nattandiya DS Division and Negombo DS Division - How many villages are in Wennappuwa DS Division?36 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Wennappuwa DS Division?Settlements lie between 5 m and 26 m - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Wennappuwa DS Division?1 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Wennappuwa DS Division?January to February and June to September - How many hospitals are in Wennappuwa DS Division?2 mapped - How many banks are in Wennappuwa DS Division?9 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Wennappuwa DS Division?7 mapped - What is the P-code of Wennappuwa DS Division?LK6245 (OCHA common operational dataset)