Nuwara Eliya District

This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Nuwara Eliya.

Nuwara Eliya District நுவரேலியா மாவட்டம் නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
—  Administrative District  —
Map of Sri Lanka with Nuwara Eliya District highlighted
Coordinates: 7°00′N 80°45′E / 7°N 80.75°E / 7; 80.75Coordinates: 7°00′N 80°45′E / 7°N 80.75°E / 7; 80.75
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
Created
Capital	Nuwara Eliya
Divisions	List Divisional Secretariats: 5 Grama Niladhari: 491
Government
– District Secretary	D. P. G. Kumarasiri
– Local	List Municipal Councils: 1 Urban Councils: 2 Pradeishiya Sabhas: 5
Area
– Total	1,741 km2 (672.2 sq mi)
– Land	1,706 km2 (658.7 sq mi)
– Water	35 km2 (13.5 sq mi)
Population (2001)
– Total	703,610
– Density	404.1/km2 (1,046.7/sq mi)
Time zone	Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	LK-23
Website	ds.gov.lk/dist_nuwaraeliya

Nuwara Eliya District (Tamil: நுவரேலியா மாவட்டம், Sinhala: නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 1,228 km². Nuwara Eliya town is a tourist attraction.

Demographics

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

The population according to 2001 census is 703,610 of which 50.61 % Tamils of Indian origin, 40.2 % are Sinhalese, 6.5 % native Sri Lankan Tamils and 2.4 % Sri Lankan Moors. 51.0 % of the population are Hindu, 39.7.0 % Buddhists, 5 % Roman catholic, 2.7 % muslim and 1.5 % belong to non-catholic Christian denominations.^[1]

Maps

• Map of Nuwara Eliya district

References

1. ^ Department of Census and Statistics official government website

External links

• Nuwara Eliya official web portal