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Table 0 1 A (Land)

Land Area（Inland Waters）（Forests）（Population）（Density） (1998,2008)

Lan01ae

Province / District

Total Area km²

Inland Waters km²

Forests km²

Land Area^(a) km²

Population

Density

1998

2008(b)

1998

2008(b)

x1,000

Persons／km²

Western

3,684

91

195

3,593

4,828

5,758

1,344

1,603

Colombo

699

23

15

676

2,199

2,488

3,253

3,680

Gampaha

1,387

46

14

1,341

1,621

1,152

1,209

1,605

Kalutara

1,598

22

166

1,576

1,008

1,118

640

709

Central

5,675

99

1,402

5,575

2,384

2,628

428

471

Kandy

1,940

23

317

1,917

1,359

1,396

709

728

Matale

1,993

41

599

1,952

457

483

234

247

Nuwara Eliya

1,741

35

486

1,706

568

749

333

339

Southern

5,544

161

932

5,383

2,440

2,443

453

454

Galle

1,652

35

236

1,617

1,030

1,063

637

657

Matara

1,283

13

187

1,270

852

822

671

647

Hambantota

2,609

113

509

2,496

558

558

224

224

Northern

8,884

594

3,946

8,290

1,424

1,172

172

141

Jaffna

1,025

96

3

929

921

603

691

649

Mannar

1,996

116

1,024

1,880

146

102

78

54

Vavuniya

1,967

106

889

1,861

128

167

69

90

Mullaitivu

2,617

202

1,679

2,415

109

150

45

62

Kilinochchi

1,279

74

351

1,205

120

150

100

124

Eastern

9,996

635

3,030

9,361

1,379

1,515

147

162

Batticaloa

2,854

244

517

2,610

480

530

184

203

Ampara

4,415

193

1,696

4,222

550

624

130

148

Trincomalee

2,727

198

817

2,529

349

361

138

143

North Western

7,888

382

1,002

7,506

2,205

2,295

294

306

Kurunegala

4,816

192

185

4,624

1,541

1,535

333

332

Puttalam

3,072

190

817

2,882

664

760

230

332

North Central

10,472

731

3,326

9,741

1,144

1,209

117

124

Anuradhapura

7,179

5105

1,979

6,664

793

809

119

121

Polonnaruwa

3,293

216

1,347

3,077

351

400

114

130

Uva

8,500

165

2,000

8,335

1,169

1,291

140

155

Badulla

2,861

34

683

2,827

780

861

776

305

Monaragala

5,639

131

1,317

5,508

389

430

71

78

Sabaragamuwa

4,968

47

765

4,921

1,801

1,906

366

387

Ratnapura

3,275

39

648

3,236

1,017

1,099

314

340

Kegalle

1,693

8

117

1,685

784

707

465

479

All Island

65,610

2,905

16,598

62,705

18,774

20,217

299

322

© ２０１１， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)

Revised: 2011(y)/04(m)/25(d)

Source:

Chief Editor:

Central Bank of Sri Lanka

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

Key：　

The Former Head, Department of Management Studies

(a) Total land area excluding inland waters

　University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

(b) Provisional