Badulla District

Badulla is a district in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is 2,861 square kilometres. A total of 837,000 people live there. The district borders the districts of Monaragala and Rathnapura on the east and south, Ampara and Kandy districts on the north and Nuwara Eliya and Rathnapura on the west.

Badulla District
Administrative district
Map of Sri Lanka with Badulla District highlighted
Map of Badulla district showing its administrative areas
Coordinates: 6°59′05″N 81°03′23″E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Uva Province
Largest city	Badulla
Government
• Governor	Hon. C. Nanda Mathew
• Chief Minister of Uva Provincial Council	Hon. Shashindra Rajapakse
• Secretary of District	Rohana Keerthi Dissanayake.
• Headquarters	Badulla Districts Secretariat
Area
• Total	2,861 km2 (1,105 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	837,000
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 code	LK-81
Website	ds.gov.lk/dist_badulla

The economy of the district mostly depends on farming and livestock. Tea and vegetables are grown in the upper, hilly areas of the district. Paddy fields cover much of the lower parts.^[1][2]

Places

Towns

• Badulla, largest city
• Bandarawela

Major villages

• Haputale
• Mahiyanganaya
• Diyatalawa
• Hali-Ela
• Ella
• Haldummulla
• Beragala
• Welimada
• Kandaketiya
• Meegahakivula
• Passara
• Lunugala
• Pangaragammana