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Town in Uva Province

Haputale හපුතලේஹபுதலே
town
Haputale is located in Sri LankaHaputaleHaputale
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]

Goods shed used by the Planters

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.

| | 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 |

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The Dambatenne tea plantation in Haputale

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.

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

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Members of Parliament

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The constituency has been represented in Parliament by:

  1. ^ Lanka Library
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "ds.gov.lk Haputale". Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  4. ^ "Cultural Background". Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  5. ^ a b "Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table for Haputhale". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  6. ^ Weather
  7. ^ 1947 GENERAL ELECTION Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ 1952 GENERAL ELECTION Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

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