Matale District

Coordinates: 7°40′N 80°45′E / 7.667°N 80.750°E

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Matale District මාතලේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය மாத்தளை மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
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Coordinates: 7°40′N 80°45′E / 7.667°N 80.750°E / 7.667; 80.750
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
Capital	Matale
Largest City	Matale
Large Towns	List Dambulla Ukuwela Galewela
Divisions	List Divisional Secretariats: 11 Grama Niladhari: 545
Government
• District Secretary	S. M. G. K. Perera
• Matale District MPs	List Rohana Dissanayake (SLPP) Nalaka Kottegoda (SLPP) Pramitha Tennakoon (SLPP) Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (SLPP) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna (SJB)
Area
• Administrative District	1,993 km² (770 sq mi)
• Land	1,952 km² (754 sq mi)
• Water	41 km² (16 sq mi)
Population (2012)^[1]
• Administrative District	484,531
• Estimate (2019)^[2]	522,000
• Density	240/km² (630/sq mi)
• Urban	60,276
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 code	LK-22
Official Languages	Sinhala Tamil

Matale District (Sinhala: මාතලේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, Tamil: மாத்தளை மாவட்டம்) is a district in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka. The administrative capital and largest city of the district is Matale.

The district is considered to be the centremost region of the island and has a total area of 1,993 km² (770 sq mi). It is in the northern part of the Central Province. Sharing borders with 6 other districts, the Matale district is bordered by Anuradhapura to the north, Polonnaruwa to the northeast, Badulla and Ampara to the east, Kurunegala to the west and Kandy to the south.

Ethnicity and religions

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Religion in the Matale District (2012)^[3]

Buddhism (79.4%)

Islam (9.8%)

Hinduism (9.1%)

Christianity (2.4%)

Religion	Population(2012)
Buddhism	385,151
Islam	45,682
Hinduism	43,432
Christianity	10,241
Other religions	25

Cities

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Matale (Municipal Council)

Towns

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Villages

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Heritage sites

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Tourist attractions

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References

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v t e Districts of Sri Lanka
Central Province	Kandy Matale Nuwara Eliya
Eastern Province	Ampara Batticaloa Trincomalee
North Central Province	Anuradhapura Polonnaruwa
Northern Province	Jaffna Kilinochchi Mannar Mullaitivu Vavuniya
North Western Province	Kurunegala Puttalam
Sabaragamuwa Province	Kegalle Ratnapura
Southern Province	Galle Hambantota Matara
Uva Province	Badulla Monaragala
Western Province	Colombo Gampaha Kalutara

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