Colombo District
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Colombo District (Sinhala: කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කය kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya; Tamil: கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Colombo. The district of Colombo was officially recorded in 2016 as having the highest income on average, per household.[4]
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Colombo District
කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කය கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் | |
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Coordinates: 06°52′N 80°01′E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Western |
Capital | Colombo |
DS Division | |
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 (2012 census)[2] | |
• 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)[3] | |
• 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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