Sabaragamuwa Province

Sabaragamuwa Province
සබරගමුව පළාත
சப்ரகமுவ மாகாணம்
Location within Sri Lanka
Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 6°40′N 80°24′E / 6.667°N 80.400°E / 6.667; 80.400
CountrySri Lanka
Created1889
Admitted14 November 1987
CapitalRatnapura
Largest cityRatnapura
Districts
Government
 • TypeProvincial council
 • BodySabaragamuwa Provincial Council
 • GovernorChampa Janaki Rajaratne
Area
 • Total
4,968 km2 (1,918 sq mi)
 • Rank8th (7.46% of total area)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total
1,918,880
 • Rank5th (9.63% of total pop.)
 • Density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity
(2012 census)[1]
 • Sinhalese1,666,180 (86.4%)
 • Indian Tamil105,872 (5.49%)
 • Sri Lankan Moors82,343 (4.27%)
 • Sri Lankan Tamil72,298 (3.75%)
 • Other1,962 (0.09%)
Religion
(2012 census)[2]
 • Buddhist1,653,381 (85.73%)
 • Hindu156,312 (8.1%)
 • Muslim85,610 (4.44%)
 • Christian33,219 (1.72%)
 • Other/None133 (0.006%)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 codeLK-9
Vehicle registrationSG
Official LanguagesSinhala, Tamil
FlowerVesak flower (Dendrobium Maccarthiae)
Literacy (2012)94.8% Increase [3]
Computer literacy (2020)32% Increase [4]
Websitewww.sg.gov.lk

The Sabaragamuwa Province (Sinhala: සබරගමුව පළාත Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta, Tamil: சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் Sabaragamuva Mākāṇam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. Ratnapura is the capital of the province.

  1. ^ "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "A3 : Population by religion according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka.pdf" (PDF). Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  4. ^ "Computer Literacy Statistics-2020 (Annual)" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.

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