Anuradhapura District

Administrative District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anuradhapura (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය anūrādhapūra distrikkaya; Tamil: அனுராதபுரம் மாவட்டம் Aṉurātapuram māvaṭṭam) is a district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 7,179 km2.

CountrySri Lanka
Largest CityAnuradhapura
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 codeLK-71
Quick facts අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයஅனுராதபுரம் மாவட்டம், Country ...
Anuradhapura District
අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
அனுராதபுரம் மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
Ruwanwelisaya Stupa, Anuradhapura
Ruwanwelisaya Stupa, Anuradhapura
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Map of Sri Lanka with Anuradhapura District highlighted
Coordinates: 8°20′N 80°30′E
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Central Province
Largest CityAnuradhapura
Divisions
List
Government
 • District SecretaryR. M. Wanninayake
Area
 • Total
7,179 km2 (2,772 sq mi)
 • Land6,664 km2 (2,573 sq mi)
 • Water515 km2 (199 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
856,232
 • Density128.5/km2 (332.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 codeLK-71
Websiteds.gov.lk/dist_anuradhapura
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Major cities

Other towns

  • Bulnewa
  • Eppawala
  • Galenbindunuwewa
  • Galnewa
  • Ganewalpola
  • Habarana
  • Horowupotana
  • Kahatagasdigiliya
  • Kebitigollawa
  • Kekirawa
  • Konapathirawa
  • Konwewa
  • Madatugama
  • Mahailuppallama
  • Maradankadawala
  • Medawachchiya
  • Mihintale
  • Nochchiyagama
  • Nachchaduwa
  • Padawiya
  • Palugaswewa
  • Rambewa
  • Seeppukulama
  • Talawa
  • Tambuttegama
  • Thirappane
  • Yakalla

Anuradhapura district election divisions

Demographics

Ethnicity in Anuradhapura District (2024)[2]
  1. Sinhala (90.6%)
  2. Sri Lankan Moors (8.67%)
  3. Others (0.71%)
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Ethnic groups
Sinhalese 676,073 (90.66%)
Sri Lankan Tamil 5,073 (0.68%)
Sri Lankan Moor 61,989 (8.31%)
Indian Tamil 443 (0.06%)
Burgher 179 (0.02%)
Sri Lankan Malay 279 (0.04%)
Other 1,657 (0.22%)
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Religion in Anuradhapura district (2024)[3]
Religion Percent
Buddhism
 
 89.87%
Islam
 
 8.60%
Catholicism
 
 0.60%
Other or not stated
 
 0.93%
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Quick facts Religions, Buddhism ...
Religions
Buddhism 670,963 (89.98%)
Hinduism 3,459 (0.46%)
Islam 62,797 (8.42%)
Roman Catholic 6,266 (0.84%)
Other Christian 2,073 (0.28%)
Other 135 (0.02%)
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The population according to the 2001 census is 745,693, of whom 90.7% were Sinhalese, 8.3% Sri Lankan Moors, 0.7% native Sri Lankan Tamils and 0.1% Tamils of Indian origin. 90.0% of the population are Buddhists, 8.4% Muslim, 1.1% Christian and 0.5% Hindu.[4]

Divisional secretariats

Divisional secretariats constitute the next administrative division down from district.

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References

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