Anuradhapura ( anūrādhapūra distrikkaya; Aṉurātapuram māvaṭṭam) is a district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 7,179 km².

Major cities

Other towns

Anuradhapura district election divisions

Demographics

The population according to the 2001 census is 745,693, of whom 90.7% were Sinhalese, 8.3% Sri Lankan Moors, 0.7% native Sri Lankan Tamils and 0.1% Tamils of Indian origin. 90.0% of the population are Buddhists, 8.4% Muslim, 1.1% Christian and 0.5% Hindu.

Divisional secretariats

Divisional secretariats constitute the next administrative division down from district.

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