Monaragala District

This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Monaragala.

Monaragala (Sinhala: මොණරාගල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, Tamil: மொணராகலை மாவட்டம்) is a district in Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is the second largest of the 25 districts in Sri Lanka, with an area of 5,636 km² (2,176 sq mi).^[2]

Monaragala District මොණරාගල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය மொணராகலை மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
Map of Sri Lanka with Monaragala District highlighted
Coordinates: 6°40′N 81°20′E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Uva Province
Largest Town	Monaragala
Area
• Total	5,636 km2 (2,176 sq mi)
• Land	5,508 km2 (2,127 sq mi)
• Water	131 km2 (51 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	448,194
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 code	LK-82
Website	www.monaragala.dist.gov.lk

Main Towns

• Monaragala
• Bibile
• Buttala
• Wellawaya
• Kataragama
• Siyambalanduva
• medagama
• Thanamalvila
• Badalkubura
• Sevanagala
• madulla

Other towns

• Siyambalanduwa
• Ethimale
• Medagama
• Thanamalwila
• Badalkumbura
• Madulla
• Okkampitiya

Statistics

Population	Land Area	Schools	Total Students
429,803	282,200 Hectare	262	97,721

Division	Population
Bibila	38,386
Madulla	30,672
Medagama	35,116
Siyambalanduwa	51,309
Monaragala	45,922
Badalkumbura	39,786
Wellawaya	54,911
Buttala	51,186
Kataragama	17,627
Thanamalwila	25,063
Sevanagala	39,825

Religion

Religions in Moneragala District (2011)^[3]

  Buddhism (94.5%)

  Hinduism (2.8%)

  Islam (2.2%)

  Christianity (0.5%)

Buddhism is the predominant religion in Moneragala.

Religion	Population(2012)
Buddhism	426,762
Hinduism	11,997
Islam	9,809
Christianity	2,460
Other Religion	30

Ethnicity

Sinhala	Sri Lankan Tamil	Indian Tamil	Sri Lankan Moor
94.5%	1.4%	1.9%	2.0%

In 2008 - Source^[4]

National parks

• Gal Oya National Park
• Yala National Park
• Udawalawe National park

Major reservoirs

• Senanayake Reservoir
• Muthukandiya Reservoir
• Weheragala Reservoir
• Handapanagala Reservoir
• Udawalawa Reservoir
• Alikota ara Reservoir
• Mallipotha Lake

Rivers

• Menik Ganga
• Hulanda oya
• Gal oya
• Heda oya
• Wila oya
• Kumbukkan Oya
• Kirindi oya
• ranwanna oya

Tourist attractions

• Katharagama
• Maligawila
• Buduruwagala
• Goviduhela rock
• Yala National Park
• Galoya National Park
• Udawalawa National Park
• Ellewela Waterfall
• Maragala mountain range
• Kotasara Piyangala Raja Maha Viharaya
• Mallipotha Lake

See also

• History of Uva Province

References

1. "POPULATION OF SRI LANKA BY DISTRICT" (PDF). Census of Population and Housing 2011. Department of Census and Statistics. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
2. "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
3. Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011
4. "Article from Lakbima Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2020-04-07.

External links

• Office of the Governor - Uva / ඌව පලාත් ආණ්ඩුකාරවර කාර්යාලය