Colombo District

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Colombo District කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය கொழும்பு மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 06°52′N 80°01′E / 6.867°N 80.017°E / 6.867; 80.017
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western
Capital	Colombo
DS Division	List Colombo Homagama Kaduwela Kesbewa Kolonnawa Maharagama Moratuwa Padukka Ratmalana Seethawaka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Thimbirigasyaya
Government
• District Secretary	Pradeep Yasaratne
Area [1]
• Total	699 km2 (270 sq mi)
• Land	676 km2 (261 sq mi)
• Water	23 km2 (9 sq mi)  3.29%
• Rank	25th (1.07% of total area)
Population  (2012 census)[2]
• Total	2,309,809
• Rank	1st (11.40% of total pop.)
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2012 census)[2]
• Sinhalese	1,771,319 (76.69%)
• Sri Lankan Moors	242,728 (10.51%)
• Sri Lankan Tamil	231,318 (10.01%)
• Indian Tamil	27,336 (1.18%)
• Other	37,108 (1.61%)
Religion (2012 census)[3]
• Buddhist	1,631,999 (70.66%)
• Muslim	271,719 (11.76%)
• Christian	220,711 (9.56%)
• Hindu	182,342 (7.89%)
• Other	3,038 (0.13%)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Post Codes	00000-10999
Telephone Codes	011, 036
ISO 3166 code	LK-11
Vehicle registration	WP
Official Languages	Sinhala, Tamil
Website	Colombo District Secretariat

Colombo District (Sinhala: කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya; Tamil: கொழும்பு மாவட்டம் Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Colombo. The district of Colombo was officially recorded in 2016 as having the highest income on average, per household.^[4]