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Badulla District

Badulla District

Administrative District in Uva Province, Sri Lanka


Badulla District (Sinhala: බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය badūlla distrikkaya; Tamil: பதுளை மாவட்டம் Patuḷai māvaṭṭam) is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is 2,861 km2 (1,105 sq mi) and has a total population of 837,000.[when?] The district is bounded by the districts of Monaragala and Rathnapura on the east and south, by Ampara and Kandy districts to the north and by Nuwara Eliya and Matale to the west. Mainly the economy of the district is based on agricultural farming and livestock.

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A school in Badulla district
Lipton's Seat
Diyaluma Falls

Badulla District is an agricultural district where tea and various vegetables are cultivated. The district is divided into an upper region and a lower region which differ in climatic and geographic characteristics. The upper region of the district is known for tea plantations and vegetable cultivation while the lower region focuses more on paddy farming.[1][2]

Education

Universities

Schools

Bandarawela

Badulla

  • Dharmadutha College
  • Uva College
  • Badulla Central College
  • Vishaka Girls High School
  • Viharamahadevi Girls School


Mahiyanganaya

  • Mahiyanganaya National school

Passara

  • Passara National College
  • Passara Tamil Maha Vidyalayam National College
  • Sri Ramakrishna College
  • Al Adhan Maha Vidyalaya
  • Barathy Maha Vidyalayam
  • Tamils Girls maha vidyalayam

Electorate divisions in Badulla District

Major cities

Major towns

Other places

Demography

(2010 estimates 887220)

Religion

Religion in Badulla District (2011)[3]

  Buddhism (72.6%)
  Hinduism (19.4%)
  Islam (5.8%)
  Christianity (2.1%)
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Important locations in Badulla District

See also


References

  1. "Uva Province" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. "Uva". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2010-03-19.

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