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Anuradhapura (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය anūrādhapūra distrikkaya; Tamil: அனுராதபுரம் மாவட்டம் Aṉurātapuram māvaṭṭam) is a district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 7,179 km².

Anuradhapura District
අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
அனுராதபுரம் மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
Map of Sri Lanka with Anuradhapura District highlighted
Coordinates: 8°20′N 80°30′E
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Central Province
Largest CityAnuradhapura
Divisions
List
  • Divisional secretariats: 22
Government
  District SecretaryR. M. Wanninayake
Area
  Total7,179 km2 (2,772 sq mi)
  Land6,664 km2 (2,573 sq mi)
  Water515 km2 (199 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
  Total856,232
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 codeLK-71
Websiteds.gov.lk/dist_anuradhapura

Major cities



Other towns



Anuradhapura district election divisions



Demographics


Ethnic groups
Sinhalese 676,073 (90.66%)
Sri Lankan Tamil 5,073 (0.68%)
Sri Lankan Moor 61,989 (8.31%)
Indian Tamil 443 (0.06%)
Burgher 179 (0.02%)
Sri Lankan Malay 279 (0.04%)
Other 1,657 (0.22%)
Religions
Buddhism 670,963 (89.98%)
Hinduism 3,459 (0.46%)
Islam 62,797 (8.42%)
Roman Catholic 6,266 (0.84%)
Other Christian 2,073 (0.28%)
Other 135 (0.02%)

Religion in Anuradhapura District (2011)[1]

  Buddhism (90.2%)
  Islam (8.3%)
  Christianity (1.1%)
  Hinduism (0.4%)

The population according to the 2001 census is 745,693, of whom 90.7% were 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.[2]


Divisional secretariats


Divisional secretariats constitute the next administrative division down from district.


Maps



References


  1. Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011
  2. Department of Census and Statistics - official government website

На других языках


- [en] Anuradhapura District

[ru] Анурадхапура (округ)

Анурадхапура (синг. තිරිකුණාමළය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, там. திருகோணமலை மாவட்டம) — один из 25 округов Шри-Ланки. Входит в состав Северо-Центральной провинции страны. Административный центр — город Анурадхапура.



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