Colombo District

Colombo District (Sinhala: කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; Tamil: கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. Districts are the second-level administrative divisions of the country.

Colombo District කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය கொழும்பு மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 06°52′N 80°01′E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western
Capital	Colombo
DS Division	List Colombo Homagama Kaduwela Kesbewa Kolonnawa Maharagama Moratuwa Padukka Ratmalana Seethawaka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Thimbirigasyaya
Government
• District Secretary	Pradeep Yasaratne
Area [1]
• Total	699 km2 (270 sq mi)
• Land	676 km2 (261 sq mi)
• Water	23 km2 (9 sq mi)  3.29%
• Rank	25th (1.07% of total area)
Population  (2012 census[2][3][4])[2]
• Total	2,309,809
• Rank	1st (11.40% of total pop.)
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2012 census)[2]
• 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
Website	Colombo District Secretariat

Geography

Colombo District is in the south west of Sri Lanka. It has an area of 699 square kilometres (270 sq mi).^[1]