Anuradhapura District

Anuradhapura District
Anuradhapura District
	— Administrative District —
	Map of Sri Lanka with Anuradhapura District highlighted
	Coordinates: 8°20′N 80°30′E / 8.333°N 80.5°ECoordinates: 8°20′N 80°30′E / 8.333°N 80.5°E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Central Province
Created
Capital	Anuradhapura
Divisions	List Divisional Secretariats: 22;
	Government
• District Secretary
	Area
• Total	7,179 km2 (2,772 sq mi)
• Land	6,664 km2 (2,573 sq mi)
• Water	515 km2 (199 sq mi)
	Population (2001)
• Total	745,693
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	LK-71
Website	ds.gov.lk/dist_anuradhapura

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

Anuradhapura is a district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 7,179 km².

[edit] Demographics

The population according to 2001 census is 745,693 of which 90.7 % are 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.^[1]

Divisional Secretariats constitute the next administrative division down from district.

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Anuradhapura District
— Administrative District —
Map of Sri Lanka with Anuradhapura District highlighted
Coordinates: 8°20′N 80°30′E / 8.333°N 80.5°E / 8.333; 80.5Coordinates: 8°20′N 80°30′E / 8.333°N 80.5°E / 8.333; 80.5
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Central Province
Created
Capital	Anuradhapura
Divisions	List Divisional Secretariats: 22
Government
• District Secretary
Area
• Total	7,179 km² (2,772 sq mi)
• Land	6,664 km² (2,573 sq mi)
• Water	515 km² (199 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	745,693
• Density	100/km² (270/sq mi)
Time zone	Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	LK-71
Website	ds.gov.lk/dist_anuradhapura