{{more citations needed|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Kalahe | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Sri Lanka | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Southern Province | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Galle | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = | timezone = Sri Lanka Standard Time | utc_offset = +5:30 | coordinates = {{coord|06|01|45|N|80|15|25|E|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = | name = }}
'''Kalahe''' is a village in Galle District in Sri Lanka, located {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}} south-west of Galle and {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} west of Unawatuna.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kalahe.org/ |title=Kalahe,කලහේ |access-date=2015-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108121734/http://www.kalahe.org/ |archive-date=2015-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Etymology== There are two stories as to how the name Kalahe is derived, the first relates to the fact the local population rebelled against the activities of the foreigners and so the village was called Kalahe, which means "quarreling". The other is that a golden pot (කළය) was found buried in the earth in the village, called Kalahe.
==Transport== Kalahe is located on the {{Highway code (Sri Lanka)|17}} highway, connecting Galle to Madampe, not far from Exit 9 on the {{Expressway code (Sri Lanka)|02}} Southern Expressway.
==Attractions== * '''Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya''' (Yatagala Temple), is a rock temple with a 9m reclining Buddha, which has a 2,300-year-old Bo tree established during the reign of King Devanam Piyatissa of the Anuradhapura period.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yatagala.kalahe.org/english/history.html |title=Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya |access-date=2015-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108121725/http://www.yatagala.kalahe.org/english/history.html |archive-date=2015-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * '''Kalahe Methodist Church''', constructed in 1879.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kalahe.org/Religious/KMC/Kalahe_Methodist_church.htm |title=Kalahe Methodist church |access-date=2015-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108121732/http://www.kalahe.org/Religious/KMC/Kalahe_Methodist_church.htm |archive-date=2015-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Education== * Kalahe Sri Sumangalodaya MV School<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kssumansc.sch.lk/index.php/en |title=Home |access-date=2015-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108121741/http://www.kssumansc.sch.lk/index.php/en |archive-date=2015-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== *List of towns in Southern Province, Sri Lanka
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