The Nuwara Eliya is situated in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.  The extent of this area is 554 mile square (1437 meter square). The Kandy, Badulla and Ratnapura districts are the boundary of this District and belongs to various geographical and climatic conditions

 b.         Boundaries

North                         : Kandy         

East                          : Badulla         

South & South West   :Ratnapura         

West & North West    :Kegalle          

  c.         Administrative Division

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Nuwara Eliya District is divided in to Divisional Secretariat Divisions and their activities are coordinated and supervised by the  Nuwara Eliya District Secretariat.

 Table 2.9 - Extent, Number of GN Divisions and Villages in each Division

e.         Local Government Units

Nuwara Eliya district consist of 8 local authorities consisting of 1 municipal council, 2 urban councils and 5 Pradeshiya Sabhas.

Names of Local Government units

Municipal Council

Nuwara Eliya 

Urban Councils

Thalawakele Lindula

Hatton Dickoya 

Pradeshiya Sabha

Nuwara Eliya

Ambagamuwa

Kothmala

Hanguranketha

Walapane

f.          Physical Features

Nuwara Eliya is a mountain station at 1,868 m (6,128 ft) of altitude, in a splendid landscape. The city boasts of being particularly well-kept and neat, and the always green grass gives to the locality an aspect of “colonial British style".

Nuwara Eliya was built entirely during the 19th century and its architecture mimics that of an English country town, with red-brick walls, country house like hill club and mock-Tudor half-timbering

 h.         Forest

The extent of the forest in the District is as follows                           In Hectares. 

 i.          Climate and Rainfall

Climate and Rainfall

Blessed with salubrious climate, breathtaking views of valleys, meadows, mountains and greenery; it's hard to imagine that Nuwara Eliya is only 180 Km from the hot and humid Colombo. Temperatures are 14C-21C (Jan- April) 16C-18C (May-Aug) 15C- 18C (Sept-Dec).

The Nuwara Eliya District receives rain from

1. South West monsoon rainfall
2. North East monsoon rainfall
3. Middle monsoon rainfall

 Table 2.10 - Temperature in Nuwara Eliya  District in ^o C         

 k.         Population

The population is a mixture of Sinhalese, Tamil and the Moors. Many tea plantation workers are Indian Tamils, brought over to Sri Lanka by the British in the 19th century.

Table 2.3 - Division vise Population according to age

 Table 2.4 - Division vise Demographic Details 

Source: Department of Census and Statistics

Table 2.5 – Population Details by ethnicity  

Source: Dept. of Census and Statistics

 Table 2.6 - Percentage Distribution of Population (10 years and over) by Literacy

And Sex (1981 Census)

Source:

l.          Social Structure

 m.        Health

 n.         Education

 Table 2.7 - Number of schools

 Table 2.8 - Students studying in GCE (AL) Classes

 o.         Economy

 Agriculture

Table 2.11 - Extent of Paddy Cultivation in 2005/ 2006 

Table 2.11 - Cultivated Extent of Paddy – Irrigation Pattern

 q.         Infrastructure

 i.          Transportation

Table 2.14 - Infrastructure – Details of the Road Network

             Table 2.15 - Infrastructure – Details of Consumers of Electricity

 Table 2.16 - Infrastructure – Details of Consumers of pipe borne water

 r.         Industry

Table 2.1 - Other functional areas at a Glance

s.          Hazards

t.          Development