Hewaheta

Hewaheta හේවාහැට
Village
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Hewaheta is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.

Notable people

Charles Spearman Armstrong (1847–1924) was a pioneer in growing tea and cinchona in Sri Lanka at the Rookwood plantation, near Hewaheta, from 1864.[1] His grandson Neville Armstrong was born there.[2]

See also

• List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka

References

1. Royston Ellis, Rookwood: memories of a forgotten pioneer, The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), 7 September 1997, accessed 27 July 2021
2. Ian Miller, Other lives: Neville Armstrong, The Guardian, 26 September 2008, accessed 27 July 2021

External links

• Department of Census and Statistics – Sri Lanka

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