# Mapakadawewa GN division, Mahiyanganaya DS Division – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/mapakadawewa/

Grama Niladhari division · Mahiyanganaya DS Division 

# Mapakadawewa

Mapakadawewa is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Mahiyanganaya DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province. It covers **6.68 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 6.7km²
- 2mapped services
- 124 mtypical elevation

## Where is Mapakadawewa?

Mapakadawewa lies in [Mahiyanganaya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/), [Badulla District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/), [Uva Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 4 other GN divisions: [Dambagolla](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/dambagolla/), [Medayaya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/medayaya/), [Pangaragammana](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/pangaragammana/) and [Senanigama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/senanigama/). By area it is the 2054th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.1% of [Mahiyanganaya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/). The centre of Mapakadawewa is about 135 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.2876° N, 81.0232° E. Local names: මාපාකඩවැව .

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 Mapakadawewa

Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Mapakadawewa.

- Biriulpota
- Maapakadawewa
- Tract 2

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).

## Weather in Mapakadawewa and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Badulla District, the warmest month is May (average 31 °C) and the coolest is Jan (27 °C), after allowing for this place being about 688 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,695 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (289 mm) and the driest Jul (50 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **February**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 27 144 

Feb 28 106 

Mar 29 102 

Apr 30 155 

May 31 128 

Jun 30 62 

Jul 30 50 

Aug 31 64 

Sep 31 112 

Oct 30 221 

Nov 28 289 

Dec 27 262 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Mapakadawewa

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Base Hospital Mahiyangana - මුලික රෝහල මහියංගණය · Poojanagaraya 5.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.32501&mlon=80.99103#map=17/7.32501/80.99103) 

Bank Hatton National Bank · Mahiyanganaya Town 6.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.33881&mlon=80.99185#map=17/7.33881/80.99185) 

ATM PET · Nildandaheenna 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.07918&mlon=80.89370#map=17/7.07918/80.89370) 

Petrol pump SINOPEC · Mahiyanganaya Town 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.33225&mlon=80.99347#map=17/7.33225/80.99347) 

Hotel National Holiday Resort · Mapakadawewa 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.28227&mlon=81.03111#map=17/7.28227/81.03111) 

Mall Wijeratna Super · Mangoda 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29142&mlon=80.83290#map=17/7.29142/80.83290) 

School Bandaranayake Central College · Mapakadawewa 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.28632&mlon=81.02247#map=17/7.28632/81.02247) 

College Technical College Hasalaka · Hasalaka 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.35817&mlon=80.94945#map=17/7.35817/80.94945) 

Police station Mahiyangana Police Station · Mahiyanganaya Town 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.33520&mlon=80.99322#map=17/7.33520/80.99322) 

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 Mapakadawewa

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

- Hotels1
- 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 Mahiyanganaya DS Division

- Aluttarama
- Aluyatawela
- Bathalayaya
- Belaganwewa
- Beligalla
- Dambagolla
- Dambana
- Dambarawa
- Dehigolla
- Divulapelessa
- Elewela
- Galporuyaya
- Ginnoruwa
- Girandurukotte
- Haddattawa
- Hebarawa
- Hobariyawa
- Kukulapola
- Mahiyanganaya Town
- Medayaya
- Meegahahena
- Millattawa
- Pahala Rathkinda
- Pangaragammana
- Poojanagaraya
- Rotalawela
- Senanigama
- Sorabora
- Thalangamuwa
- Theldeniyaya
- Ulhitiya
- Viranegama
- Wewatta
- Wewgampaha

## Quick answers

- Where is Mapakadawewa?In Mahiyanganaya DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Mapakadawewa?Dambagolla, Medayaya, Pangaragammana and Senanigama
- How many villages are in Mapakadawewa?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Mapakadawewa?February
- Where is the nearest hospital to Mapakadawewa?Base Hospital Mahiyangana - මුලික රෝහල මහියංගණය, about 5.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Mapakadawewa?Hatton National Bank, about 6.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Mapakadawewa?PET, about 27 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Mapakadawewa?SINOPEC, about 6.0 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Mapakadawewa?LK8103160 (OCHA common operational dataset)