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"Service provision, resource co-ordination in pursuant to state policies and uplifting living conditions of people in the area through an efficient, sustainable, planned development process."


Information related to location of the Divisional Secretary division, Wennappuwa
The Wennappuwa Divisional Secretary division is situated on the southern part of Puttalam district in the North Western province of Sri Lanka. The village of Wennappuwa, in extent of 4014.76 hectares lying on a flat area is situated to the close of beach. The main town of here is Wennappuwa.The Wennappuwa Divisional Secretary area is bounded on the North by the boundary of Nattandiya Divisional secretary division, on the East by the Dankotuwa Divisional Secretary division, on south by the “Ma Oya” and the district boundary of Gampaha and by West with the Indian ocean.
Stating its geographical location is bounded by North latitude 7º x 20, of 36.63” and East latitude 79° x 50 of 26.25”.For the administration purposes, the Wennappuwa Divisional Secretary division is divided into 52 GS divisions.
The ordinary rainfall in the Wennappuwa Divisional Secretary division is more than 1400 mm per year. The “Gin” Oya which had been used for freight transport in the past is flown across the division and the “Paru” or Hamilton canal too makes its way along with Gin Oya. There are about 10 tanks are in the division and all that tanks except “Gorakagaha” tank in Wennappuwa and Kulama tank in Mirissankotuwa in extent of less than 3 hectares are filled with water all throughout the year.
The water level of earth in low lying areas of the division is around 8-10 feet and water level in high lying areas with Podisolic soil could be found at 35-40 feet. Certain wells situated in high lying areas go dry in the months of February, March, August, considered dry weathered season.The soil in the Wennappuwa division finds specialty in its form. Here, the sandy soil could be found in areas extending up to around 200 – 300 meters from the Maha Oya to the northern end of beach. A clay watery soil is seen in areas starting from northern part of Maha Oya on coastal line up to Nainamadama. A brand of soil named Rogosal, deep lome is found on the stretch starting from beach up to East (Mahawewa) extending from 3 KM to 4. This type of soil is found rarely and considered as a soil resource.
Historical background
There are many legends lying behind naming this village – Wennappuwa. One such reveals that name of Wennappuwa had derived by a Wanniar who lived in the area. Accordingly, area where the said Wanniar was lived had transformed in to “Wennappura” and later as Wennappuwa.
Another shade of opinion goes on that the name of Wennappuwa had been named with the meaning of Wishnu Devalaya. The north eastern end of the fed area of Gi