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Nuwara Eliya District

Nuwara Eliya District (Tamil: நுவரெலியா மாவட்டம், romanized: Nuvareliyā Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, romanized: Nuvaraeḷiya Distrikkaya) is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka, centered on the tourist city of Nuwara Eliya.

Demographics

Ethnic groups
Indian Tamil 355,830 (50.57%)
Sinhalese 282,621 (40.17%)
Sri Lankan Tamil 46,066 (6.55%)
Sri Lankan Moor 16,555 (2.35%)
Burgher 632 (0.09%)
Sri Lankan Malay 1,059 (0.15%)
Other 847 (0.12%)
Religions
Hinduism 359,135 (51.04%)
Buddhism 279,139 (39.67%)
Islam 19,099 (2.71%)
Roman Catholic 35,008 (4.98%)
Other Christian 10,741 (1.53%)
Other 488 (0.07%)

Religion in Nuwara Eliya District (2011)

  Hinduism (51.1%)
  Buddhism (39.1%)
  Christianity (6.6%)
  Islam (3.0%)
  Other (0.1%)

The population according to the 2001 census is 703,610 of which 50.61% are Tamils of Indian origin, 40.2% are Sinhalese, 6.5% native Sri Lankan Tamils and 2.4% Sri Lankan Moors. In terms of religion,51.0% of the population are Hindu, 39.7.0 % Buddhists, 5% Roman Catholics, 2.7% Muslims and 1.5% belong to non-catholic Christian denominations.

Geography

Marker on the A5 highway in Nuwara Eliya, horse and Race Course in the background

Nuwara Eliya district is located in the hill country of Central Province. The terrain is generally mountainous, with deep valleys.

Cities

Towns

Schools

Poramadulla Central College is located in the Rikillagaskada community in Hanguranketha.

Diyathilaka Central College is located in the Hanguranketha community in Hanguranketha.

References

  1. ^ Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011 Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Department of Census and Statistics official government website
  3. ^ S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen (March 10, 2012), Poramadulla CC makes progress despite difficulties, Daily News (Sri Lanka), archived from the original on December 8, 2013, retrieved December 7, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) ()