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Kandy District
මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය கண்டி மாவட்டம் | |
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 Map of Sri Lanka with Kandy District highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.250°N 80.750°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Central Province |
| Largest City | Kandy |
| Large Towns | List |
| Divisions | List
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| Government | |
| • District Secretary | Mr. Chandana Tennakoon |
| • Local | List
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| Area | |
| • Administrative District | 1,940 km2 (750 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,917 km2 (740 sq mi) |
| • Water | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Administrative District | 1,369,899 |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 170,544 (12.4%) |
| • Rural | 1,119,221 (81.4%) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-21 |
| Website | District Secretariat - Kandy |
Kandy District (Sinhala: මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය, Tamil: கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka.[2] Its area is 1,940 km2 (750 sq mi).
- ^ Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011 Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "District Secretariat - Kandy". www.kandy.dist.gov.lk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.