Matale District

Matale is a district in the Central Province in Sri Lanka. It has an area of 1.987 km ². Capital is Matale.

Population

The population was 441 328 according to the 2001 census.

Population of the district according to ethnic groups

1 Lowland and Kandyan Sinhalese zusammen2 Sri Lankan Tamils ​​and Indian Tamils ​​of Sri Lanka Moors4 separately only 3 of them 2001 101 Sri Lanka Chetties and 4 Bharathas

Population of the district according to confessions

Demographics

Significant places

Management

The head of the district is entitled District Secretary. The district is further divided into eleven divisions ( under a Division Secretary ). The cities and larger towns have their own government ( municipal council or municipal council ). Throughout the district there are 1355 villages.