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Anuradhapura District
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.

Major cities

Other towns

  • Bulnewa
  • Eppawala
  • Galenbindunuwewa
  • Galnewa
  • Ganewalpola
  • Habarana
  • Horowupotana
  • Kahatagasdigiliya
  • Kebitigollawa
  • Kekirawa
  • Konapathirawa
  • Konwewa
  • Madatugama
  • Mahailuppallama
  • Maradankadawala
  • Medawachchiya
  • Mihintale
  • Nochchiyagama
  • Nachchaduwa
  • Padawiya
  • Palugaswewa
  • Rambewa
  • Seeppukulama
  • Talawa
  • Tambuttegama
  • Thirappane
  • Yakalla

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%)
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Religion in Anuradhapura District (2011)

  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.

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
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