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Province Western
Total Area 699 km2 (270 sq mi)
Population 2,309,809
Sinhalese 1,771,319 (76.69%)
Sri Lankan Tamil 231,318 (10.01%)
Indian Tamil 27,336 (1.18%)
Other 37,108 (1.61%)
Religion Buddhist 1,631,999 (70.66%) ,Muslim 271,719 (11.76%) , Christian 220,711 (9.56%) ,Hindu 182,342 (7.89%)
Vehicle registration WP

Colombo

Description

Colombo District 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 appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Colombo

About

Colombo District was part of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kotte. The district then came under PortugueseDutch 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.[5] Colombo District, together with KalutaraPuttalam, Seven Korales (present day Kurunegala District), Three Korales, Four Korales and Lower Bulatgama (present day Kegalle District) formed the new Western Province.[6] 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