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Table  06   (Land )
Natural Forest  Area by District  ( 1994 )  ,
Lan06e  (ha.) 
District Montane Forest Sub - Montane Forest Lowland Rain Forest Moist Monsoon Forest Dry Monsoon Forest Riverine Dry Forest Mangrove Spare  Forest Grand Total
Ampara - - - 45,190 69,265 10,160 292 41,760 166,667
Anuradhapura - - - - 180,083 - - 116,693 296,776
Badulla 93 3,888 1,577 17,517 3,353 - - 27,843 54,271
Baticaloa - - - 13,302 21,770 - 1,421 16,325 52,818
Colombo - - 1,832 - - - - 36 1,868
Galle - - 18,903 - - - 187 1,699 20,789
Gampaha - - 273 14 - - 122 20 429
Hanbanthota - - 220 739 19,169 3,710 539 55,077 79,454
Jaffna - - - - 822 - 260 298 1,380
Kaluthara - - 20,240 - - - 70 1,266 21,576
Kandy 935 8,504 14,258 3,545 - - - 5,980 33,222
Kegalle - 3,655 11,791 - - - - 492 15,938
Kilinochchi - - - - 32,374 - 312 6,042 38,728
Kurunegala - - - 1,827 8,153 - - 14,766 24,746
Mannar - - - - 111,389 795 1,261 11,762 125,207
Matale 89 5,314 12,831 41,337 15,237 - - 9,207 84,015
Matara - 519 16,686 2,174 516 - 6 2,076 21,977
Monaragala - 65 768 63,558 113,627 4,584 - 52,569 235,171
Mullativu - - - - 153,769 - 463 17,987 172,219
Nuwara-Eliya 1,943 31,078 3,977 2,649 - - - 3,273 42,920
Polonnaruwa - - - 47,266 68,093 523 - 22,949 138,831
Puttalam - - - - 79,452 814 2,264 17,104 99,634
Ratnapura 48 15,816 38,194 4,755 3,545 - - 4,491 66,849
Trincomalee - - - 4 110,491 1,826 1,491 17,629 131,441
Vavuniya - - - - 103,182 - - 16,503 119,685
Total 3,108 68,839 141,550 243,877 1,094,290 22,412 8,688 463,847 2,046,611
% of the Total Land Area 0.05 1.04 2.14 3.68 16.54 0.34 0.13 7.01 30.93
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Compendium on Natural Resources Management Sri Lanka 2000, 
Ministry of Forestry & Environment 
Revised:  2004(y)/03(m)/27(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      The former Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.