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Kurunegala District
කුරුණෑගල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
குருநாகல் மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
Map of Sri Lanka with Kurunegala District highlighted
Map of Sri Lanka with Kurunegala District highlighted
Coordinates: 7°45′N 80°15′E / 7.750°N 80.250°E / 7.750; 80.250
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Western Province
Largest CityKurunegala
Government
 • District SecretaryR. M. R. Rathnayake
Area
 • Total4,816 km2 (1,859 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total1,610,299
 • Density330/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 codeLK-61

Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. The district is 4,812.7 km2 (1,858.2 sq mi). It consists of thirty divisional secretariats, 1,610 grama niladari divisions and 4,476 villages. It has fourteen electoral divisions, two municipal councils, nineteen urban councils, fifteen members of parliament, 47 provincial council members, fifteen ministers and 337 local council members.[2]

  1. ^ Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011 Archived 2019-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ http://www.parliament.lk/uploads/documents/paperspresented/performance_report_district_secretariat_kurunegala_2012.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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