Matale District
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This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Matale.
Matale is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 1,987 km².
[edit] Demographics
The population according to 2001 census is 441,328. 80.1 % of the population are sinhalese, 8.7 % Sri Lankan Moors, 5.5 % native Sri Lankan tamils and 5.3 % tamils of Indian origin. 79 % of the population are buddhists, 9.6 % hindu, 9.1 % muslim and 2.3 % christian.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Department of Census and Statistics official government website
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