The name Amlapura includes amla ("fruit") and pura ("place").

It is also a reminder of a place named in the colophon of the Negarakretagama manuscript, in the village of Negarakretagama or Warnana (Griya Pidada Karangasem), stating that the lontar was finished writing in Amlanegantun (wus puput sinurat ring Amlanagantu).

[3] In 2011, for a third consecutive time, Amlapura City received the Adipura Award as Indonesia's Cleanest Small City and also received the Adiwiyata Award for a fourth consecutive time for the Cleanest Elementary School.

Its various buildings, of traditional Balinese style, spread over one and a half hectares.

The center provides an unabridged formation for Sang Kul Putih, one of the two disciplines of pemangku (priest).