Sabaragamuwa Province
Sabaragamuwa Province
සබරගමුව පළාත சப்ரகமுவ மாகாணம் | |
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Location within Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates: 6°40′N 80°24′E / 6.667°N 80.400°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Created | 1889 |
| Admitted | 14 November 1987 |
| Capital | Ratnapura |
| Largest city | Ratnapura |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial council |
| • Body | Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council |
| • Governor | Champa Janaki Rajaratne |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,968 km2 (1,918 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8th (7.46% of total area) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 1,918,880 |
| • Rank | 5th (9.63% of total pop.) |
| • Density | 386.2/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity (2012 census) | |
| • Sinhalese | 1,666,180 (86.4%) |
| • Indian Tamil | 105,872 (5.49%) |
| • Sri Lankan Moors | 82,343 (4.27%) |
| • Sri Lankan Tamil | 72,298 (3.75%) |
| • Other | 1,962 (0.09%) |
| Religion (2012 census) | |
| • Buddhist | 1,653,381 (85.73%) |
| • Hindu | 156,312 (8.1%) |
| • Muslim | 85,610 (4.44%) |
| • Christian | 33,219 (1.72%) |
| • Other/None | 133 (0.006%) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-9 |
| Vehicle registration | SG |
| Official Languages | Sinhala, Tamil |
| Flower | Vesak flower (Dendrobium Maccarthiae) |
| Literacy (2012) | 94.8% |
| Computer literacy (2020) | 32% |
| Website | www |
The Sabaragamuwa Province (IPA: [səbəɾəɡəmuʋə], Sinhala: සබරගමුව පළාත, romanised: Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta, Tamil: சபரகமுவ மாகாணம், romanised: Sabaragamuva Mākāṇam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. Ratnapura is the capital of the province.