# Thennahena GN division, Pitabaddara DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/thennahena/ Grama Niladhari division · Pitabaddara DS Division # Thennahena Thennahena is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Pitabaddara DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province. It covers **2.52 km²**. - 2.5km² ## Where is Thennahena? Thennahena lies in [Pitabaddara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/), [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 5 other GN divisions: [Derangala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/derangala/), [Gorakawela](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/gorakawela/), [Kaduruwana](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/kaduruwana/), [Lenama North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/akuressa/lenama-north/) and [Pitabeddara](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/pitabeddara/). By area it is the 5783rd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.8% of [Pitabaddara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/pitabaddara/). The centre of Thennahena is about 105 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.2087° N, 80.4574° E. Local names: තැන්නහේන . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Landscape and landmarks of Thennahena Named natural and historic features inside Thennahena, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 1 tea estate; 1 estate. - Pitabeddara - Tennahena 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 Thennahena 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 Thennahena Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Rural Hospital · Thalangalla East 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.28829&mlon=80.40160#map=17/6.28829/80.40160) Bank National Savings Bank · Weliwa 7.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.26164&mlon=80.49125#map=17/6.26164/80.49125) ATM Commercial Bank · Akuressa 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.10016&mlon=80.47755#map=17/6.10016/80.47755) Petrol pump IOC Filling Station · Weliwa 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.26048&mlon=80.49198#map=17/6.26048/80.49198) Hotel Hotel Sara Grand Residence · Dankoluwa 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.20066&mlon=80.47644#map=17/6.20066/80.47644) Mall Shopping Complex · Magamure 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.08184&mlon=80.56637#map=17/6.08184/80.56637) School Morawaka Primary School · Weliwa 8.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.26889&mlon=80.49649#map=17/6.26889/80.49649) College Thigma Education Center,Opatha. · Opatha South 8.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.26727&mlon=80.41319#map=17/6.26727/80.41319) Police station Morawaka Police Station · Weliwa 6.7 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. ## Other GN divisions in Pitabaddara DS Division - Alapaladeniya North - Alapaladeniya South - Aluwana - Ambewela - Banagala East - Banagala West - Dangala East - Dangala West - Dankoluwa - Dehigaspe - Derangala - Diyadawa - Edandukitha East - Edandukitha West - Elamaldeniya - Galabada - Gorakawela - Ihala Ainagama - Kaduruwana - Kalubovitiyana - Kiriwelkele North - Kiriwelkele South - Kodikaragoda East - Kodikaragoda West - Kosnilgoda - Kotagala - Kudagalahena - Mahapothuvila - Paradupalla - Pitabeddara - Puwakbadovita - Rambukana East - Rambukana West - Siyambalagoda East - Siyambalagoda West - Thalapekumbura - Wanasinkanda - Wathurakumbura - Weliwa ## Quick answers - Where is Thennahena?In Pitabaddara DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Thennahena?Derangala, Gorakawela, Kaduruwana, Lenama North and Pitabeddara - What is the best time to visit Thennahena?January to March and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Thennahena?Rural Hospital, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Thennahena?National Savings Bank, about 7.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Thennahena?Commercial Bank, about 12 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Thennahena?IOC Filling Station, about 6.9 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Thennahena?LK3203110 (OCHA common operational dataset)