# Doowa GN division, Negombo DS Division, Gampaha District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/negombo/doowa/ Grama Niladhari division · Negombo DS Division # Doowa Doowa is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Negombo DS Division, Gampaha District, Western Province. It covers **0.45 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 0.5km² - 1mapped services - 5 mtypical elevation ## Where is Doowa? Doowa lies in [Negombo DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/negombo/), [Gampaha District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/), [Western Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 2 other GN divisions: [Pitipana Central](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/negombo/pitipana-central/) and [Pitipana North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/negombo/pitipana-north/). By area it is the 12685th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.5% of [Negombo DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/negombo/). The centre of Doowa is about 30 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.2050° N, 79.8209° E. Local names: දූව . 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 Doowa Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Doowa. - Duwa 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 Doowa Named natural and historic features inside Doowa, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Coast and islands 1 headland. - Negombo Point 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 Doowa and the best time to visit Using the climate of Gampaha District, the warmest month is Apr (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 1,999 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (304 mm) and the driest Feb (71 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and July to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 76 Feb 26 71 Mar 27 115 Apr 28 226 May 27 224 Jun 27 143 Jul 26 99 Aug 26 113 Sep 26 162 Oct 26 292 Nov 26 304 Dec 26 175 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Doowa Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Ramada by Wyndham Katunayake Colombo International Airport · Muttakkarai North 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20943&mlon=79.83311#map=17/7.20943/79.83311) Bank Hatton National Bank · Udayarthoppuwa 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20877&mlon=79.83940#map=17/7.20877/79.83940) ATM Commercial Bank ATM · Udayarthoppuwa South 2.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20551&mlon=79.84115#map=17/7.20551/79.84115) Petrol pump Cepetco · Udayarthoppuwa 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20912&mlon=79.83956#map=17/7.20912/79.83956) Hotel Infinity Beach Heaven · Doowa 0.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20460&mlon=79.81780#map=17/7.20460/79.81780) Mall Royal Arcade · Udayarthoppuwa 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20955&mlon=79.83972#map=17/7.20955/79.83972) School Little Hut Preschool · Pitipana South - West 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.19450&mlon=79.81973#map=17/7.19450/79.81973) College Loyola College Bopitiya · Pitipana Central 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.19710&mlon=79.82686#map=17/7.19710/79.82686) Police station Police Station Negombo · Muttakkarai North 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.21107&mlon=79.83531#map=17/7.21107/79.83531) 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 Doowa Places mapped inside Doowa in open map data, by type. - Hotels1 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 Negombo DS Division - Angurukaramulla - Bolawalana - Dalupotha - Dalupotha East - Daluwakotuwa - Daluwakotuwa East - Dungalpitiya - Ettukala - Hunupitiya - Kammalthura - Kattuwa - Kepungoda - Kochchikade - Kudapaduwa - Kudapaduwa North - Kudapaduwa South - Kurana East - Kurana West - Muttakkarai - Muttakkarai East - Muttakkarai North - Palangathure - Pallansena North - Pallansena South - Periyamulla - Pitipana Central - Pitipana North - Pitipana South - East - Pitipana South - West - Settappaduwa - Siriwardana Pedesa - Thaladoowa - Thalahena - Udayarthoppuwa - Udayarthoppuwa South - Wellaweediya - Wellaweediya East - Wellaweediya South ## Quick answers - Where is Doowa?In Negombo DS Division, Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Doowa?Pitipana Central and Pitipana North - How many villages are in Doowa?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Doowa?January to March and July to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Doowa?Ramada by Wyndham Katunayake Colombo International Airport, about 1.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Doowa?Hatton National Bank, about 2.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Doowa?Commercial Bank ATM, about 2.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Doowa?Cepetco, about 2.1 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Doowa?LK1203115 (OCHA common operational dataset)