Yatinuwara Divisional Secretariat

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Yatinuwara Divisional Secretariat
Divisional Secretariat
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Yatinuwara Divisional Secretariat
Coordinates: 7°16′57.4″N80°32′26.2″E / 7.282611°N 80.540611°E / 7.282611; 80.540611
CountrySri Lanka
Province Central Province
District Kandy District
Time zone UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Yatinuwara Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Kandy District, of Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is divided into Gangapalata, Medapalata, and Kandupalata Korales. [1]

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History

Gangawata Korale, once a part of Yatinuwara, was later separated into an individual divisional secretariat, Kandy Four Gravets and Gangawata Korale, which contains Kandy. [2]

Demographics

Religion in Yatinuwara DS Division (2012) [3]
  1. Buddhist (88.8%)
  2. Hindu (2.18%)
  3. Muslim (7.28%)
  4. Roman Catholic (0.97%)
  5. Other Christian (0.77%)
  6. Other (0.01%)

Historic regions and settlements

The following settlements represent the pre-independence 'korale' subdivisions still familiar in the region, as officially registered in the 1911 Census, [1]

Medapalata

Gangapalata

Kandupalata

References

  1. 1 2 Census of Ceylon, 1911. Colombo: Ceylon Dept. of Census and Statistics. 1912. p. 46. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Lawrie, Archibald Campbell (1896). A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). Vol. 1. State Print. Corporation. p. 272. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka Census Map". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-28.


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