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Colombo District


කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය

கொழும்பு மாவட்டம்
Location within Sri Lanka
Location within Sri Lanka
Country Sri Lanka
Province Western
Capital Colombo
DS Division
Area
 • Total 699 km2 (270 sq mi)
 • Land 676 km2 (261 sq mi)
 • Water 23 km2 (9 sq mi)  3.29%
Area rank 25th (1.07% of total area)
Population
 (2012 census)
 • Total 2,309,809
 • Rank 1st (11.40% of total pop.)
 • Density 3,304.4/km2 (8,558/sq mi)
Ethnicity
(2012 census)
 • 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)
 • 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

Colombo District (Sinhala: කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; Tamil: கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. Districts are the second-level administrative divisions of the country.

Geography

Colombo District is in the south west of Sri Lanka. It has an area of 699 square kilometres (270 sq mi).

See also

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