Warakapola Divisional Secretariat
Divisional Secretariat in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Warakapola Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Kegalle District, of Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.And it consist of 78 Grama Niladhari divisions.
Demography
History
The Chief Headman Division of Beligal Korale was restructured in 1941 as the Beligal Korale Revenue Office, in accordance with the Headman (Change of Designation) Ordinance No. 11 of 1941. Later, the Beligal Korale Revenue Office was divided into two: Warakapola Revenue Office (West) and Galigamuwa Revenue Office (East), effective from 1 June 1971. The Warakapola Revenue Office (West) was subsequently designated as the Warakapola Divisional Secretariat under the Divisional Secretariats Act, No. 58 of 1992, effective from 1 January 1993.
Grama Niladhari Divisions
Tourist Attractions
Algama Ella
This gorgeous nature reserve spans a few kilometers long flowing along rock pools and numerous small waterfalls.
Located on the Algama-Uduwaka road in the Kegalle district of the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka this is highly popular among local tourists and is crowded on weekends and public holidays. For photography, weekdays are more suitable when crowds are less.
Dedigama Kotawehera
The historical terrain is situated in Dedigama village in Warakapola Divisional Secretariat.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Warakapola Divisional Secretariat” as divisional Secretariat in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as divisional Secretariat in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7968782. Authority coordinates are 7.204, 80.225. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1941, 1971, 1992 and 1993.
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