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Haputale - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 6°46′4″N 80°57′31″E / 6.76778°N 80.95861°E

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Haputale හපුතලේ ஹபுதலே
town

Haputale
Coordinates: 6°46′4″N 80°57′31″E / 6.76778°N 80.95861°E / 6.76778; 80.95861
Province	Uva Province
Population
• Total	54,989
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
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Haputale (Sinhala: හපුතලේ; Tamil: ஹபுதலே) is a town of Badulla District in the Uva Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council.^[1] The elevation is 1431 m (4695 ft) above the sea level. The area has a rich bio-diversity dense with numerous varieties of flora and fauna. Haputale is surrounded by hills covered with cloud forests and tea plantations. The town has a cooler climate than its surroundings, due to its elevation. The Haputale pass allows views across the Southern plains of Sri Lanka. The South-West boundary of Uva basin is marked by the Haputale mountain ridges, which continue on to Horton Plains and Adam's Peak to the west. CNN in 2010 named Haputale as one of Asia's most overlooked destinations.^[2]

Transport

Roads

- A16 highway (Beragala-Hali Ela) a part of the Colombo-Badulla road. (Route 99)
- B147 (Haputale-Dambetenna) road.
- Haputale-Welimada road. (Via Boralanda)
- Haputale-Diyatalawa road. (via Yahalabedda)
- Haputale-Wellawaya road. (Via Beragala and Koslanda)

Rail

Haputale railway station is the 69th station on the Main Line. The station opened on 19 June 1893, following the extension of the main line from Nanu Oya railway station to Haputale.

Population

	Total	Sinhala	Sri Lankan Tamil	Indian Tamil	Muslim	Other
Urban	5238	1441	1105	1406	1285	1
Rural	31676	27817	1012	718	1968	161
Estate	18075	726	2952	14091	228	78
Total	54989	29984	5069	16215	3481	240

Source^[3]

Places of interest

Horton Plains National Park Via Boralanda
Adisham Bungalow
Lipton's Seat
St. Andrew's Church
Diyaluma Falls
Bambarakanda Falls
Soragune Devalaya
Haldummulla town
Beragala Gap
Dambetenna
Idalgashinna
Thangamale Sanctuary (Protected areas of Sri Lanka)^[4]

Adisham Bungalow

Adisham Bungalow is a nineteenth-century British period building, which was modelled on Leeds Castle in Kent, England. Sir Thomas Villiers, a distinguished British resident in Sri Lanka in the early 20th century, used it as his country house. Later it became a Benedictine monastery. The Thangamale Bird Sanctuary is located next to the bungalow.

Lipton’s Seat

The Lipton’s Seat is located at Dambetenna in the Haputale Mountain region. This place was a favourite look-outpoint for Sir Thomas Lipton. The point has a fabulous view over Uva, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Eastern provinces.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as subtropical highland (Cfb).^[5]^[6]

Climate data for Haputhale
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	21 (70)	21.9 (71.4)	24.7 (76.5)	26.1 (79.0)	24.3 (75.7)	23.8 (74.8)	23 (73)	23.2 (73.8)	24.1 (75.4)	22.8 (73.0)	22.5 (72.5)	21.4 (70.5)	23.2 (73.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	17.3 (63.1)	17.7 (63.9)	18.8 (65.8)	19.7 (67.5)	20.1 (68.2)	19.8 (67.6)	19.3 (66.7)	19.4 (66.9)	19.2 (66.6)	18.6 (65.5)	18.2 (64.8)	17.7 (63.9)	18.8 (65.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	13.6 (56.5)	13.6 (56.5)	13 (55)	13.3 (55.9)	16 (61)	15.8 (60.4)	15.7 (60.3)	15.6 (60.1)	14.4 (57.9)	14.4 (57.9)	14 (57)	14 (57)	14.5 (58.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	171 (6.7)	118 (4.6)	142 (5.6)	234 (9.2)	155 (6.1)	48 (1.9)	56 (2.2)	81 (3.2)	115 (4.5)	267 (10.5)	295 (11.6)	256 (10.1)	1,938 (76.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org (altitude: 1472m)^[5]

Government institutions

Police Station
Government Hospital
Haputale Divisional Education Office
Main Post Office
Urban Council Offices

Members of Parliament

The constituency has been represented in Parliament by:

J. A. Rambukpota 1947–1952 ^[7]
Wilfred A. Ratwatte 1952–1956 ^[8]
W. P. G. Ariyadasa 1956–1977
W. J. M. Lokubandara 1977–1988

References

^ Lanka Library
^ Gregory Curley; Jenara Nerenberg; Mitch Moxley; Niels Footman; Sara Schonhardt; Tiffany Lam (April 20, 2010). "Unseen Asia: 25 of Asia's most overlooked destinations". CNN. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
^ "ds.gov.lk Haputale". Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ "Cultural Background". Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
^ ^a ^b "Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table for Haputhale". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
^ Weather
^ 1947 GENERAL ELECTION Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1952 GENERAL ELECTION Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Metropolitan cities of Sri Lanka
National capitals^#	Colombo^* (Commercial) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)
Municipal councils	Kandy^* Anuradhapura^* Galle^* Jaffna^* Ratnapura^* Badulla^* Kurunegala^* Kaduwela Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Moratuwa Negombo Kalmunai Batticaloa Matara Gampaha Matale Akkaraipattu Bandarawela Nuwara Eliya Dambulla Hambantota
Urban councils	Trincomalee^* Ambalangoda Ampara Balangoda Beruwala Boralesgamuwa Chavakachcheri Chilaw Embilipitiya Eravur Gampola Haputale Hatton-Dickoya Hikkaduwa Horana Ja-Ela Kadugannawa Kalutara Kattankudy Katunayake Seeduwa Kegalle Kesbewa Kinniya Kolonnawa Kuliyapitiya Maharagama Mannar Minuwangoda Nawalapitiya Panadura Peliyagoda Point Pedro Puttalam Seethawakapura Talawakelle-Lindula Tangalle Valvettithurai Vavuniya Wattala Wattegama Weligama
Note: ^* also a Provincial capital, ^# also a Municipal council

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