Kandy District

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This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Kandy.
Kandy District
මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
கண்டி மாவட்டம்
—  Administrative District  —
Map of Sri Lanka with Kandy District highlighted
Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.25°N 80.75°E / 7.25; 80.75Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.25°N 80.75°E / 7.25; 80.75
Country  Sri Lanka
Province Central Province
Created
Capital Kandy
Divisions
List
Government
 • District Secretary Gotabaya Jayarathna
 • Local
Area
 • Total 1,940 km2 (750 sq mi)
 • Land 1,917 km2 (740 sq mi)
 • Water 23 km2 (9 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 1,279,028
 • Density 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code LK-21
Website ds.gov.lk/dist_kandy

Kandy District (Sinhala: මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, Tamil: கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Its area is 1906.3 km²[1]. The capital of the district is Kandy.

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups
Sinhalese 947,900 (74.11%)
Sri Lankan Tamil 52,052 (4.07%)
Sri Lankan Moor 168,049 (13.14%)
Indian Tamil 103,622 (8.1%)
Burgher 2,128 (0.17%)
Sri Lankan Malay 2,668 (0.21%)
Other 2,609 (0.2%)
Religions
Buddhism 937,001 (73.26%)
Hinduism 134,438 (10.51%)
Islam 173,590 (13.57%)
Roman Catholic 23,232 (1.82%)
Other Christian 10,330 (0.81%)
Other 437 (0.03%)

The population according to the 2001 census is 1,279,028 of which 74.1 % are Sinhalese, 13.1 % Sri Lankan Moors, 8.1 % Tamils of Indian origin and 4.1 % Sri Lankan Tamils.[2]

73.3 % of the population are Buddhists, 13.6 % Muslim, 10.5 % Hindu and 2.6 % Christian.[3]

[edit] Cities and Towns [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kandy District Secretariat
  2. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/PDF/Population/p9p8%20Ethnicity.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/PDF/Population/p9p9%20Religion.pdf
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka Postal Codes - Kandy District". http://mohanjith.net/postal_codes/central/kandy. Retrieved 8 February 2012. 
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