Sabaragamuwa Province

Sabaragamuwa Province සබරගමුව පළාත சப்ரகமுவ மாகாணம்
Province
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Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 6°40′N 80°24′E / 6.667°N 80.400°E / 6.667; 80.400
Country	Sri Lanka
Created	1889
Admitted	14 November 1987
Capital	Ratnapura
Largest city	Ratnapura
Districts	List Kegalle Ratnapura
Government
• Type	Provincial council
• Body	Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council
• Governor	Navin Dissanayake
Area
• Total	4,968 km2 (1,918 sq mi)
• Rank	8th (7.46% of total area)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	1,918,880
• Rank	5th (9.63% of total pop.)
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2012 census)[1]
• Sinhalese	1,666,180 (86.4%)
• Indian Tamil	105,872 (5.49%)
• Sri Lankan Moors	82,343 (4.27%)
• Sri Lankan Tamil	72,298 (3.75%)
• Other	1,962 (0.09%)
Religion (2012 census)[2]
• Buddhist	1,653,381 (85.73%)
• Hindu	156,312 (8.1%)
• Muslim	85,610 (4.44%)
• Christian	33,219 (1.72%)
• Other/None	133 (0.006%)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 code	LK-9
Vehicle registration	SG
Official Languages	Sinhala, Tamil
Flower	Vesak flower (Dendrobium Maccarthiae)
Literacy (2012)	94.8% [3]
Computer literacy (2020)	32% [4]
Website	www.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.