Table 441(Pro., Agr., Planta.)

Cultivated Extent of Tea Plant, Rubber and Coconut (District) (1993-2000)

pro 441e

( ha )

Crop

Tea

Rubber

Coconut

Year District

1993

1994

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1993

Sri Lanka

192,817

188,966

162,000

158,200

158,672

158,154

158,049

443,952

Colombo

10,328

10,111

10,141

10,084

10,068

9,147

Gampaha

5,000

4,897

4,912

4,840

4,893

56,751

Kaluthara

3,658

4,036

42,244

41,252

41,375

41,237

41,215

12,754

Kandy

25,438

23,391

2,150

2,102

2,108

2,079

2,108

9,418

Matale

4,098

4,025

2,580

2,513

2,520

2,530

2,520

11,889

Nuwara Eliya

51,817

51,906

1,040

Galle

22,139

20,265

11,440

11,178

11,211

11,234

11,168

12,880

Matara

28,817

20,010

5,440

5,314

5,330

5,299

5,310

16,123

Hambanthota

273

306

23,199

Jaffna

10,027

Kilinochchi

Mannar

1,118

Vauniya

425

Mullativu

2,205

Batticaloa

4,091

Ampara

3,886

Trincomalee

1,807

Kurunegala

126

3,280

3,200

3,210

3,229

3,200

159,846

Puttalam

47,933

Anuradhapura

8,692

Polonnaruwa

4,707

Badulla

28,160

30,406

350

339

340

1,222

Monaragala

543

124

1,580

1,519

1,524

1,539

15,524

6,420

Rathnapura

28,819

28,242

30,700

29,979

30,068

29,926

29,950

16,817

Kegalla

6,857

4,779

46,880

45,773

45,910

45,794

45,730

21,492

Source:

Statistical Abstract 2001, Department of Censes & Statistics, Sri Lanka.

Revised: 2008(y)/06(m)/21(d)

Chief Editor:

Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka