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Colombo District
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Colombo District (Sinhala: කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කය; Tamil: கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. Districts are the second-level administrative divisions of the country.
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Quick Facts කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කයகொழும்பு மாவட்டம், Country ...
Colombo District
කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කය கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் | |
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![]() Location within Sri Lanka | |
Coordinates: 06°52′N 80°01′E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Western |
Capital | Colombo |
DS Division | List
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Government | |
• District Secretary | Pradeep Yasaratne |
Area | |
• Total | 699 km2 (270 sq mi) |
• Land | 676 km2 (261 sq mi) |
• Water | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) 3.29% |
• Rank | 25th (1.07% of total area) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,309,809 |
• Rank | 1st (11.40% of total pop.) |
• Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
Ethnicity (2012 census)[2] | |
• Sinhalese | 1,771,319 (76.69%) |
• Sri Lankan Moors | 242,728 (10.51%) |
• Sri Lankan Tamil | 231,318 (10.01%) |
• Indian Tamil | 27,336 (1.18%) |
• Other | 37,108 (1.61%) |
Religion (2012 census) | |
• Buddhist | 1,631,999 (70.66%) |
• Muslim | 271,719 (11.76%) |
• Christian | 220,711 (9.56%) |
• Hindu | 182,342 (7.89%) |
• Other | 3,038 (0.13%) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
Post Codes | 00000-10999 |
Telephone Codes | 011, 036 |
ISO 3166 code | LK-11 |
Vehicle registration | WP |
Official Languages | Sinhala, Tamil |
Website | Colombo District Secretariat |
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