Akurana

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Akurana
Town
Akurana Grand Mosque on top of the surrounding hills.
Akurana
Coordinates: 7°21′54″N 80°37′02″E / 7.36500°N 80.61722°E / 7.36500; 80.61722
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
District	Kandy District
Divisional Secretariat	Akurana Divisional Secretariat
Akurana Pradeshiya Sabhawa	1980s
Government
• Type	Akurana Pradeshiya Sabha
• Chairman	I. M. Isthihar
Area
• Town	31.0 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Town	63,397
• Density	790/km2 (2,045/sq mi)
• Metro	63,397
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (SLST)
Postal code	20850
Area code	081
Official languages	Sinhala Tamil
Recognised languages	English

Akurana (Sinhala: අකුරණ, Tamil: அக்குறணை) is a suburb of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The town is situated 125 km (78 mi) from Colombo and 10 km (6.2 mi) from the centre of Kandy, on the Kandy-Matale road. Akurana lies along the A9 highway from Kandy to Matale, north of Katugastota. The town is surrounded by hills and rivers. The Balapitiya Oya, a tributary of the Pinga Oya river, runs through Akurana.^[1]

Akurana belongs to the Harispattuwa Electorate and was represented in Parliament by former Foreign Minister Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed for more than 33 years without interruption. Akurana area came under the local government authority of the Akurana Pradeshiya Sabhawa in the late 1980s and included the villages of Alawathugoda, Dunuwila, Pangollamada, Bulugohathenna, Waragashinna, Kurundugaha ela, Uggala, Kurugoda, Thelumbgahawaththa, Malgamandeniya and Dippitiya.