Kolonnawa

Kolonnawa

කොළොන්නාව
கொலன்னாவ
Kolonnawa කොළොන්නාව; கொலன்னாவ
town
	Kolonnawa Location in Colombo District
	Coordinates: 6°55′42″N 79°53′42″E / 6.92833°N 79.89500°E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province
District	Colombo District
Population (2012)
• Total	64,887
Time zone	+5.30

Kolonnawa (Sinhala: කොලොන්නාව, Tamil: கொலன்னாவ) is a town located on the eastern boundary of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is bounded by Kelani River to the north, Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha to the east, Kotte Municipal Council to the south and Colombo Municipal Council to the west.

Kolonnawa Urban Council

Zone

Kolonnawa
Orugodawatte
Wellampitiya
Sedawatta
Salamulla
Meethotamulla

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Demographics

Kolonnawa Municipality area is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious urban centre. According to the census of 2012, the demographics by ethnicity and religion are as follows:

**Religious & ethnic identification in Kolonnawa Municipality area**^[3]^[4]
	2012	Percentage
Buddhist	123,225	64.58%
Islam	43,988	23.05%
Hindu	12,991	6.81%
Roman Catholic	7,327	3.84%
Other Christian	3,245	1.70%
Other	41	0.02%
Total	190,817	100.00%
Sinhalese	128,623	67.41%
Sri Lankan Moor	40,412	21.18%
Sri Lankan Tamil	15,934	8.35%
Indian Tamil	2,101	1.10%
Malay	1,885	0.99%
Burgher	1,301	0.68%
Other	487	0.26%
Sri Lankan Chetty	57	0.03%
Baratha	17	0.01%
Total	190,817	100.00%

References

^ "Sri Lanka - largest cities (per geographical entity)". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
^ "Ward Maps of Colombo District – Kolonnawa Urban Council" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
^ "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
^ "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex- 2012" (PDF).

[worldgazetteer-1] "Sri Lanka - largest cities (per geographical entity)". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 2012-12-17.

[2] "Ward Maps of Colombo District – Kolonnawa Urban Council" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-04-14.

[3] "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

[4] "Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex- 2012" (PDF).

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Suburbs of Colombo
Colombo Inner	Bambalapitiya Bloemendhal Borella Cinnamon Gardens Dematagoda Fort (Colombo) Grandpass Havelock Town Hulftsdorp Kirulapone Kirulapone North Kollupitiya Kotahena Kohuwala Madampitiya Maligawatta Maradana Mattakkuliya Modara Narahenpita Pamankada Panchikawatte Pettah Slave Island Union Place Wellawatte
Sri J'pura-Kotte	Nawala Nugegoda Rajagiriya Welikada
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	Dehiwala Kalubowila Kohuwala Mount-Lavinia Ratmalana
Colombo Outer	Angoda Battaramulla Gothatuwa Homagama Ja-Ela Kaduwela Kelaniya Koswatte Kotikawatta Kottawa Maharagama Malabe Moratuwa Mulleriyawa Pannipitiya Peliyagoda Piliyandala Ragama Thalawathugoda Wattala Wickramasinghapura

Sri Lankan cities with a 50,000+ population
500,000 and more	Colombo
200,000–499,999	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Moratuwa
50,000–249,999	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Negombo Kandy Kalmunai Vavuniya Galle Trincomalee Batticaloa Jaffna Katunayake Dambulla Anuradhapura Ratnapura

Metropolitan cities of Sri Lanka
National capitals^#	Colombo^* (Commercial) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)
Municipal councils	Kandy^* Anuradhapura^* Galle^* Jaffna^* Ratnapura^* Badulla^* Kurunegala^* Kaduwela Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Moratuwa Negombo Kalmunai Batticaloa Matara Gampaha Matale Akkaraipattu Bandarawela Nuwara Eliya Dambulla Hambantota
Urban councils	Trincomalee^* Ambalangoda Ampara Balangoda Beruwala Boralesgamuwa Chavakachcheri Chilaw Embilipitiya Eravur Gampola Haputale Hatton-Dickoya Hikkaduwa Horana Ja-Ela Kadugannawa Kalutara Kattankudy Katunayake Seeduwa Kegalle Kesbewa Kinniya Kuliyapitiya Maharagama Mannar Minuwangoda Nawalapitiya Panadura Peliyagoda Point Pedro Puttalam Seethawakapura Talawakelle-Lindula Tangalle Valvettithurai Vavuniya Wattala Wattegama Weligama
Note: ^* also a Provincial capital, ^# also a Municipal council