# Morawaka GN division, Kotapola DS Division, Matara District

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/kotapola/morawaka/

Grama Niladhari division · Kotapola DS Division 

# Morawaka

Morawaka is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Kotapola DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province. It covers **6.56 km²**. Open map data shows 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 6.6km²
- 3mapped services

## Where is Morawaka?

Morawaka lies in [Kotapola DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/kotapola/), [Matara District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/), [Southern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 6 other GN divisions: [Beliattakumbura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/kotapola/beliattakumbura/), [Kodikaragoda East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/kodikaragoda-east/), [Pahala Millawa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/neluwa/pahala-millawa/), [Pelawatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/kotapola/pelawatta/), [Porupitiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/kotapola/porupitiya/) and [Weliwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/weliwa/). By area it is the 2101st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 3.7% of [Kotapola DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/kotapola/). The centre of Morawaka is about 102 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.2784° N, 80.4949° E. Local names: මොරවක .

Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka).

## Weather in Morawaka and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Matara District, the warmest month is Apr (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 1,837 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (285 mm) and the driest Feb (79 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and June to August**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 26 95 

Feb 27 79 

Mar 28 107 

Apr 28 182 

May 28 194 

Jun 27 106 

Jul 27 89 

Aug 27 115 

Sep 27 161 

Oct 27 231 

Nov 27 285 

Dec 26 193 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Morawaka

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Pallegama Rural Hospital · Pallegama North 6.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.32981&mlon=80.52239#map=17/6.32981/80.52239) 

Bank Bank of Ceylon Morawaka Branch · Weliwa 1.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.26172&mlon=80.49140#map=17/6.26172/80.49140) 

ATM National Savings Bank ATM · Deiyandara 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.15073&mlon=80.60547#map=17/6.15073/80.60547) 

Petrol pump IOC Filling Station · Weliwa 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.26048&mlon=80.49198#map=17/6.26048/80.49198) 

Hotel River Breeze Hotel · Morawaka 1.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.26833&mlon=80.50151#map=17/6.26833/80.50151) 

Mall Shopping Complex · Magamure 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.08184&mlon=80.56637#map=17/6.08184/80.56637) 

School Morawaka Keerthi Abeywickrama National School · Morawaka 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.27075&mlon=80.49805#map=17/6.27075/80.49805) 

College Thigma Education Center,Opatha. · Opatha South 9.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.26727&mlon=80.41319#map=17/6.26727/80.41319) 

Police station Morawaka Police Station · Weliwa 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.25682&mlon=80.49374#map=17/6.25682/80.49374) 

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 Morawaka

Places mapped inside Morawaka in open map data, by type.

- Hotels2
- Schools1

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 Kotapola DS Division

- Adaradeniya
- Bateyaya
- Beliattakumbura
- Deniyaya
- Deniyaya West
- Horagala East
- Horagala West
- Ihalagama
- Ilukpitiya
- Kalugalahena
- Kandilpana
- Keeriwalagama
- Kiriweldola
- Kolawenigama
- Koodaludeniya
- Kosmodara
- Kotapola North
- Kotapola South
- Lindagawahena
- Mederipitiya
- Mugunumulla
- Nawalahena
- Nishshankapura
- Pallegama North
- Pallegama South
- Paragala
- Pathawala Nadakanda
- Pelawatta
- Poddana
- Porupitiya
- Pussawela
- Thenipita
- Usamalagoda
- Uvaragala
- Viharahena
- Waralla

## Quick answers

- Where is Morawaka?In Kotapola DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Morawaka?Beliattakumbura, Kodikaragoda East, Pahala Millawa, Pelawatta, Porupitiya and Weliwa
- What is the best time to visit Morawaka?January to March and June to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Morawaka?Pallegama Rural Hospital, about 6.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Morawaka?Bank of Ceylon Morawaka Branch, about 1.9 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Morawaka?National Savings Bank ATM, about 19 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Morawaka?IOC Filling Station, about 2.0 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Morawaka?LK3206120 (OCHA common operational dataset)