Colombo District

**Colombo District** (;  __) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. Districts are the second-level administrative divisions of the country.

## Geography

Colombo District is in the south west of Sri Lanka. It has an area of .

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Colombo District
- **native name**:

- **settlement type**: Districts of Sri Lanka, Administrative District
- **image caption**: <small>**Top row:** The Cargills Ceylon building, and the _Seema Malakaya_ of the Gangaramaya Temple
 **Row 2:** The Lotus Tower, Bank of Ceylon tower and WTC, and Independence Square
 **Row 3:** Nelum Pokuna and the Old Parliament
 **Bottom:** Skyline of the CBD, looking north</small>
- **image map**: Colombo district.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Sri Lanka
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Sri Lanka
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of Sri Lanka, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Western Province, Sri Lanka, Western
- **established title**: Created
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Colombo
- **parts type**: Divisional Secretary's Division, DS Division
- **parts style**: coll
- **p1**: Colombo Divisional Secretary's Division, Colombo
- **p3**: Homagama Divisional Secretary's Division, Homagama
- **p4**: Kaduwela Divisional Secretary's Division, Kaduwela
- **p5**: Kesbewa Divisional Secretary's Division, Kesbewa
- **p6**: Kolonnawa Divisional Secretary's Division, Kolonnawa
- **p7**: Maharagama Divisional Secretary's Division, Maharagama
- **p8**: Moratuwa Divisional Secretary's Division, Moratuwa
- **p9**: Padukka Divisional Secretary's Division, Padukka
- **p10**: Ratmalana Divisional Secretary's Division, Ratmalana
- **p11**: Seethawaka Divisional Secretary's Division, Seethawaka
- **p12**: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Divisional Secretary's Division, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- **p13**: Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretary's Division, Thimbirigasyaya
- **leader title**: District Secretary
- **leader name**: Pradeep Yasaratne
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 699
- **area land km2**: 676
- **area water km2**: 23
- **area water percent**: 3.29
- **area rank**: 25th (1.07% of total area)
- **population total**: 2309809
- **population rank**: 1st (11.40% of total pop.)
- **population as of**: 2012 census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **demographics type1**: Demographics of Sri Lanka#People, Ethnicity
- **demographics1 footnotes**: (2012 census)
- **demographics1 title1**: Sinhalese people, Sinhalese
- **demographics1 info1**: 1,771,319 (76.69%)
- **demographics1 title2**: Sri Lankan Moors
- **demographics1 info2**: 242,728 (10.51%)
- **demographics1 title3**: Sri Lankan Tamil people, Sri Lankan Tamil
- **demographics1 info3**: 231,318 (10.01%)
- **demographics1 title4**: Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka, Indian Tamil
- **demographics1 info4**: 27,336 (1.18%)
- **demographics1 title5**: Other
- **demographics1 info5**: 37,108 (1.61%)
- **demographics type2**: Religion in Sri Lanka, Religion
- **demographics2 footnotes**: (2012 census)
- **demographics2 title1**: Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Buddhist
- **demographics2 info1**: 1,631,999 (70.66%)
- **demographics2 title2**: Islam in Sri Lanka, Muslim
- **demographics2 info2**: 271,719 (11.76%)
- **demographics2 title3**: Christianity in Sri Lanka, Christian
- **demographics2 info3**: 220,711 (9.56%)
- **demographics2 title4**: Hinduism in Sri Lanka, Hindu
- **demographics2 info4**: 182,342 (7.89%)
- **demographics2 title5**: Other
- **demographics2 info5**: 3,038 (0.13%)
- **timezone1**: Sri Lanka
- **utc offset1**: +05:30
- **postal code type**: Postal codes in Sri Lanka, Post Codes
- **postal code**: 00000-10999
- **area code type**: Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka, Telephone Codes
- **area code**: 011, 036
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:LK, LK-11
- **registration plate**: WP
- **blank name sec1**: Official Languages
- **blank info sec1**: Sinhala language, Sinhala, Tamil language, Tamil