# Weeraketiya DS Division, Hambantota District – GN divisions > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/ Divisional Secretariat division · Hambantota District # Weeraketiya DS Division Weeraketiya DS Division is a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division of Sri Lanka in Hambantota District, Southern Province. It covers **114.7 km²**. It is divided into 60 GN divisions. 71 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 14 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 115km² - 60GN divisions - 14mapped services ## Where is Weeraketiya DS Division? Weeraketiya DS Division lies in [Hambantota District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/), [Southern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 6 other DS divisions: [Angunakolapelessa DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/angunakolapelessa/), [Beliatta DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/beliatta/), [Katuwana DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/katuwana/), [Okewela DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/okewela/), [Tangalle DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/tangalle/) and [Walasmulla DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/walasmulla/). By area it is the 188th largest of 339 DS divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 4.4% of [Hambantota District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/). The centre of Weeraketiya DS Division is about 131 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.1720° N, 80.7512° E. Local names: වීරකැටිය · வீரகெட்டிய . 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 Weeraketiya DS Division Grama Niladhari division Area km² Localities Services [Abakolawewa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/abakolawewa-north/) 1.6 1 0 [Abakolawewa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/abakolawewa-south/) 1.3 0 0 [Agrahera](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/agrahera/) 3.1 3 0 [Athubode East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/athubode-east/) 1.3 2 0 [Athubode West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/athubode-west/) 1.4 1 0 [Bedigama East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/bedigama-east/) 1.7 0 0 [Bedigama North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/bedigama-north/) 3.1 2 0 [Bedigama South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/bedigama-south/) 4.5 3 1 [Bedigama West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/bedigama-west/) 1.8 1 0 [Buddhiyagama East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/buddhiyagama-east/) 2.7 2 2 [Buddhiyagama North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/buddhiyagama-north/) 2.5 1 0 [Buddhiyagama West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/buddhiyagama-west/) 1.6 2 0 [Debokkawa East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/debokkawa-east/) 1.5 0 0 [Debokkawa West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/debokkawa-west/) 1.6 0 0 [Degampotha](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/degampotha/) 2.0 2 0 [Galpottayaya North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/galpottayaya-north/) 1.8 2 0 [Galpottayaya South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/galpottayaya-south/) 1.3 1 0 [Handapangalageaina](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/handapangalageaina/) 0.7 0 0 [Heellage Ayna](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/heellage-ayna/) 2.0 1 0 [Ihala Gonadeniya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/ihala-gonadeniya/) 3.3 0 0 [Ittademaliya East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/ittademaliya-east/) 1.0 2 0 [Ittademaliya South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/ittademaliya-south/) 1.2 3 0 [Ittademaliya West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/ittademaliya-west/) 1.3 1 0 [Kaluwagahayaya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kaluwagahayaya/) 3.0 0 0 [Kandamaditta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kandamaditta/) 1.1 0 0 [Kemegala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kemegala/) 1.5 0 0 [Keppitiyawa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/keppitiyawa-north/) 2.3 0 1 [Keppitiyawa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/keppitiyawa-south/) 1.4 1 0 [Kinchigune East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kinchigune-east/) 1.1 3 0 [Kinchigune South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kinchigune-south/) 1.9 2 0 [Kinchigune West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kinchigune-west/) 1.0 2 0 [Kuda Bedigama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kuda-bedigama/) 3.2 2 0 [Kuda Bibula North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kuda-bibula-north/) 2.4 0 0 [Kuda Bibula South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kuda-bibula-south/) 2.2 0 0 [Kudagal Ara](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/kudagal-ara/) 2.0 2 0 [Malhewage Ayna](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/malhewage-ayna/) 1.5 1 0 [Mandaduwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/mandaduwa/) 1.9 0 2 [Medagama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/medagama/) 2.3 0 0 [Medagoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/medagoda/) 1.9 1 0 [Medamulana](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/medamulana/) 3.2 2 0 [Meegas Ara](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/meegas-ara/) 2.3 2 0 [Morayaya North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/morayaya-north/) 0.4 1 0 [Morayaya South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/morayaya-south/) 1.1 0 0 [Mulanyaya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/mulanyaya/) 2.3 1 0 [Mulgirigala East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/mulgirigala-east/) 2.8 1 1 [Mulgirigala North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/mulgirigala-north/) 1.9 1 0 [Mulgirigala South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/mulgirigala-south/) 3.7 5 0 [Mulgirigala West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/mulgirigala-west/) 1.9 2 0 [Okandayaya North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/okandayaya-north/) 2.0 0 0 [Okandayaya West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/okandayaya-west/) 1.5 1 0 [Pahala Gonadeniya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/pahala-gonadeniya/) 2.0 1 0 [Raluwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/raluwa/) 3.4 3 0 [Siyambalaheddewa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/siyambalaheddewa/) 1.4 0 0 [Thelambuyaya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/thelambuyaya/) 2.1 0 0 [Udukirivala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/udukirivala/) 1.6 3 0 [Weeraketiya East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/weeraketiya-east/) 1.8 2 1 [Weeraketiya West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/weeraketiya-west/) 0.7 1 5 [Wekandawala North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/wekandawala-north/) 0.5 0 0 [Wekandawala South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/wekandawala-south/) 1.9 0 0 [Yakgasmulla](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/weeraketiya/yakgasmulla/) 1.3 1 1 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 Weeraketiya DS Division Open gazetteers list **71 villages, towns and localities** in Weeraketiya DS Division. Settlements here lie between about 34 m and 142 m above sea level (median 62 m). - Abakolawewa - Aggarahere - Anguluwelamedagama - Badalgoda - Bendigama - Bendigama Interchange - Bisogalgodella - Bodimaluwa - Brahmanayagama - Buddiyagama - Degampota - Egodahawatugoda - Etgalmulla - Etubode Ihala - Etubode Pahala - Galahitiyagoda - Gallpottayaya - Galpottayaya - Galwalagoda - Gonadeniya - Gowagalgoda - Gurumaditta - Hattasingoda - Hillegeayina - Ihalagoda - Inagoda - Ittademaliya - Kandamaditta - Kapugampota - Kapugampotagoda - Katuwewagoda - Keppitiyawa - Kinchigune - Kinchigunemedagama - Kudabedigama Ihalagoda - Kudagalage - Kudagalara - Lintotapaya - Mahagoda - Mahayaya - Malehegeayine - Mandaduwa - Medagama - Medagoda - Medamulana - Medatisamuna - Meegasara - Migasara - Morayaya - Mulanyaya - Mulkirigala - Muruthawela - Okandeyaya - Palankadawewa - Pallemulana - Pansalagawagoda - Pattiyawelagoda - Pothuwewa - Potuwewa - Raluwa - Siyambalabeddewa - Suneethagama - Udawakamulla - Udukiriwila - Walawgoda - Waraketigoda - Weeraketiya - Weheragodella - Wenahatamuna - Wettambuwawa - Yaggasmulla 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 Weeraketiya DS Division Named natural and historic features inside Weeraketiya DS Division, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 6 reservoirs and tanks; 1 river or stream. - Abakola Wewa - Danattawala Wewa - Gasbanara Wewa - Mahakanda Wewa - Palkada Wewa - Udukiriwala Wewa - Urubakka Oya ### Hills and mountains 4 hills. - Kadugalgodella · 170 m - Kudumiriya · 122 m - Kapuhengoda · 103 m - Padalangala · 67 m ### Forests and nature 1 forest reserve. - Gonadeniya Forest Reserve ### Estates 8 estates; 2 estates. - Akulketiyewatte - Brahkamna - Gasbannawe Watta - Hillegeayina - Kondagala - Mahahena - Pallewakamulla - Puhulhena - Smithland - Wadiya 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 Weeraketiya DS Division and the best time to visit Using the climate of Hambantota District, the warmest month is Apr (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jan (24 °C). About 1,920 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (306 mm) and the driest Jul (73 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **February to March and June to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 24 140 Feb 25 105 Mar 26 112 Apr 27 188 May 27 167 Jun 27 91 Jul 26 73 Aug 27 94 Sep 26 147 Oct 26 250 Nov 25 306 Dec 25 247 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Weeraketiya DS Division Places mapped inside Weeraketiya DS Division in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals1 - Banks2 - Petrol pumps1 - Hotels3 - Schools2 - Colleges and universities2 - Restaurants2 - Police stations1 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 Weeraketiya DS Division?In Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Weeraketiya DS Division?Angunakolapelessa DS Division, Beliatta DS Division, Katuwana DS Division, Okewela DS Division, Tangalle DS Division and Walasmulla DS Division - How many villages are in Weeraketiya DS Division?71 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Weeraketiya DS Division?Settlements lie between 34 m and 142 m - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Weeraketiya DS Division?6 named in GeoNames - What is the highest point in Weeraketiya DS Division?Kadugalgodella (170 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Weeraketiya DS Division?February to March and June to August - How many hospitals are in Weeraketiya DS Division?1 mapped - How many banks are in Weeraketiya DS Division?2 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Weeraketiya DS Division?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Weeraketiya DS Division?LK3321 (OCHA common operational dataset)