Anuradhapura District Profile

Anuradhapura District is situated in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka with the extent of 7,128 km². There are 3 no of rivers flowing through the District.

Boundaries

North West              :    Mannar

North & North East  :    Vavunia Trincomalee

West                      :    Puttalam

South                     :  Matale

East:                      : Polonnaruwa

Climate and Rainfall

Annual Rainfall in Selected Areas and seasonal pattern

North East Monsoon (Nov-Feb)

Inter Monsoon -01(Feb-Apr)

South West Monsoon (May- Sep)

Inter Monsoon – 02 (Oct-Nov)

Table - Temperature in Anuradhapura District in ^o C       

Month	Years 1961 - 1990 Average	2007 Highest          Lowest		2008 Highest                 Lowest
Average	27.7	32.5	24.0	32.3	23.9

Source: Department of Census and Statistics  

Population

The population according to 2001 census is 745,693 of which 90.7 % are Sinhalese, 8.3 % Sri Lankan Moors, 0.7 % native Sri Lankan Tamils and 0.1 % Tamils of Indian origin. 90.0 % of the population are Buddhists, 8.4 % Muslim, 1.1 % Christian and 0.5 % Hindu