Colombo District
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Colombo District කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කය கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் |
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 Location within Sri Lanka |
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| Coordinates: 06°52′N 80°01′E / 6.867°N 80.017°ECoordinates: 06°52′N 80°01′E / 6.867°N 80.017°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Western |
| Capital | Colombo |
| DS Division | |
| Government | |
| • District Secretary | H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri |
| 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 | 3,300/km2 (8,600/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 | Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) |
| Post Codes | 00000-10999 |
| Telephone Codes | 011, 036 |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-11 |
| Vehicle registration | WP |
| Official Languages | Sinhala, Tamil |
| Website | Colombo District Secretariat |
Colombo District (Sinhalese: කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික්කය kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya; Tamil: கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Colombo.
Colombo District was part of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kotte. The district then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon. They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese and Tamil. Colombo District was part of the Low Country Sinhalese administration. In 1833, in accordance with the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission, the ethnic based administrative structures were unified into a single administration divided into five geographic provinces. Colombo District, together with Kalutara, Puttalam, Seven Korales (present day Kurunegala District), Three Korales, Four Korales and Lower Bulatgama (present day Kegalle District) formed the new Western Province. At the time that Ceylon gained independence, Colombo was one of the two districts located in the Western Province. Parts of the district were transferred to newly created Gampaha District in September 1978.
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