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Akurana has a relatively cool climate due to its location in the central hills. Average daytime temperature is 25 °C (77 °F) and at night falls to 19 °C (66 °F). In
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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
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travelled inland to Kandy. The king allowed them to take three native wives, and the three Arabs settled
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Its inhabitants lived through trade and were comparatively rich. A small
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There are three national schools in
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