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Wahunkoho

Coordinates: 7°13′N 80°35′E / 7.217°N 80.583°E / 7.217; 80.583
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Wahunkoha
Wahanga
Village
Coordinates: 7°13′N 80°35′E / 7.217°N 80.583°E / 7.217; 80.583
Country Sri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Wahunkoha is a village in Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is in the Udunuwara constituency, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from historic Embekka Devalaya.

Wahunkoha is served a Muslim Jummah mosque and Arafa Muslim Mahavidyalaya. The school is administered by the central provincial council. The inhabitants are Muslims; their forefathers migrated from coastal Sri Lanka during the Portuguese atrocities against the Muslims. The ruler of the Kandiyan Kingdom, King Senarath, settled and the stranded Muslims inhabited many parts of Sri Lanka.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Noorul Arafa 2014, p. 15-16. ISBN 978-624-5280-01-8
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