Kolonnawa (Sinhala: කොලොන්නාව, Tamil: கொலன்னாவ) is a town located on the eastern boundary of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is bounded by Kelani River to the north, Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha to the east, Kotte Municipal Council to the south and Colombo Municipal Council to the west.

Kolonnawa Urban Council

Zone

  • Kolonnawa
  • Orugodawatte
  • Wellampitiya
  • Sedawatta
  • Salamulla
  • Meethotamulla

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Demographics

Kolonnawa Municipality area is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious urban centre. According to the census of 2012, the demographics by ethnicity and religion are as follows:

Religious & ethnic identification in Kolonnawa Municipality area[3][4]
2012 Percentage
Buddhist 123,225 64.58%
Islam 43,988 23.05%
Hindu 12,991 6.81%
Roman Catholic 7,327 3.84%
Other Christian 3,245 1.70%
Other 41 0.02%
Total 190,817 100.00%
Sinhalese 128,623 67.41%
Sri Lankan Moor 40,412 21.18%
Sri Lankan Tamil 15,934 8.35%
Indian Tamil 2,101 1.10%
Malay 1,885 0.99%
Burgher 1,301 0.68%
Other 487 0.26%
Sri Lankan Chetty 57 0.03%
Baratha 17 0.01%
Total 190,817 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka - largest cities (per geographical entity)". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 2012-12-17.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Ward Maps of Colombo District – Kolonnawa Urban Council" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. ^ "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  4. ^ "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex- 2012" (PDF).