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Karawwa

Field	Value
official_name	Karawwa
other_name	කරව්ව
settlement_type	Village
pushpin_map	Sri Lanka
coordinates
pushpin_label_position	bottom
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Sri Lanka
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Sabaragamuwa Province
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Kahawatta
unit_pref	Metric
timezone	Sri Lanka Standard Time
utc_offset	+5:30
postal_code_type	Sri Lanka Post
postal_code	61022
area_code	032

Karawwa is a village in the town of Kahawatta in Ratnapura District in Sri Lanka.

Name

It was named after the herb "karaw" or Caraway.

Geography

The area is surrounded by "Kahawathu kanda" (the mountain of Kahawatta) a small part of the Sabaragamu mountain range which is one of the main mountainous areas in Sri Lanka except the central hills in the middle of the island.

Wae ganga(wae rever) is flowing hiding thousands of precious stones in its territory and becoming a border to the area. It is a branch of Kalu ganga which is considered to be one of the four main rivers in Sri Lanka.

Mining

Karawwa is one of the main areas where gem mining takes place. Most of the areas in Kahawatta town are damaged by gem mining. Because of the underground holes dug for gem mining the area is dangerous. One of the buildings of Kahawatta base hospital has already been submerged and is out of use. The area often suffers from landslides which may also be as a result of this underground cavities. Gem miners dig a basic pit of 10 to 15 feet in diameter until they find the strips of "illam" (the special stratum of soil, in which precious stones are liable to be found). As that is a stratum it exists horizontally, hence miners have to dig borrows called "dona" horizontally. After all the illams have been taken off the mine is refilled with soil, but donas remain and make the area dangerous.

References

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Wikipedia Source

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