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href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurunegala_(Distrikt)" title="Kurunegala (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kurunegala (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Kurunegala" title="Distrito de Kurunegala – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Kurunegala" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%87_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="ناحیه کورونیگالا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ناحیه کورونیگالا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurunegala_(district)" title="Kurunegala (district) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kurunegala (district)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BF%A0%EB%A3%A8%EB%84%A4%EA%B0%88%EB%9D%BC%EA%B5%AC" title="쿠루네갈라구 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="쿠루네갈라구" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2%27_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="कुरुनेगल' जिला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कुरुनेगल' जिला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Kurunegala" title="Distretto di Kurunegala – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Kurunegala" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="კურუნეგალის ოლქი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კურუნეგალის ოლქი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li 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hreflang="ja" data-title="クルネーガラ県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B6%D9%84%D8%B9_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="ضلع کورونیگالا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ضلع کورونیگالا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Курунегала (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Курунегала (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li 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lang="ta">குருநாகல் மாவட்டம்</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">Administrative District</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurunegala_district.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Sri Lanka with Kurunegala District highlighted"><img alt="Map of Sri Lanka with Kurunegala District highlighted" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kurunegala_district.svg/250px-Kurunegala_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kurunegala_district.svg/375px-Kurunegala_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kurunegala_district.svg/500px-Kurunegala_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" 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class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Government_Agent_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Government Agent (Sri Lanka)">District Secretary</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._M._R._Rathnayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. 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Rathnayake</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,816 km<sup>2</sup> (1,859 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2012)<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,610,299</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">330/km<sup>2</sup> (870/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (Sri Lanka)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:LK" title="ISO 3166-2:LK">LK-61</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kurunegala_District" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Kurunegala District">Kurunegala District</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <p><b>Kurunegala</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Districts of Sri Lanka">district</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. The district is 4,812.7 km<sup>2</sup> (1,858.2 sq mi). It consists of thirty divisional secretariats, 1,610 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grama_Niladari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grama Niladari (page does not exist)">grama niladari divisions</a> and 4,476 villages. It has fourteen electoral divisions, two municipal councils, nineteen urban councils, fifteen members of parliament, 47 provincial council members, fifteen ministers and 337 local council members.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kurunegala District is bounded by six districts, to the north the <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura District</a>, the east by the <a href="/wiki/Matale_District" title="Matale District">Matale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kandy_District" title="Kandy District">Kandy Districts</a>, south by the <a href="/wiki/Gampaha_District" title="Gampaha District">Gampaha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kegalle_District" title="Kegalle District">Kegalle Districts</a> and to the west by the <a href="/wiki/Puttalam_District" title="Puttalam District">Puttalam District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kurunegala consists of four ancient kingdoms namely <a href="/wiki/Panduwasnuwara" title="Panduwasnuwara">Panduwasnuwara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurunegala" title="Kurunegala">Kurunegala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yapahuwa" title="Yapahuwa">Yapahuwa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dambadeniya" title="Dambadeniya">Dambadeniya</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographic_details">Demographic details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographic details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kurunegala District has 7.3% of the country's total population. According to the census data, the estimated population of Kurunegala in the year 2001 was 1.4 million. The majority of the district's population belong to the <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> majority. Other ethnic minorities include the Sri Lankan Moors, Sri Lankan Tamils, Burghers and Malays. Residents from ethnic minorities live in all parts of the District. </p><p>The following Table summarizes the population of <a href="/wiki/Kurunegala" title="Kurunegala">Kurunegala</a> according to their ethnicity: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ethnicity</th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a></td> <td>91.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sri Lankan Moors</td> <td>8.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sri Lankan Tamil</td> <td>2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Indian Tamil</td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The common languages of Kurunegala, depending on social classes, social circles, and ethnic backgrounds are Sinhalese, Tamil and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; 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top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 101.26459941541px; border-left-color:Gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Gold"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religion in Kurunegala District (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Gold; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> (87.6%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (8.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Blue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (3.2%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkOrange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (0.9%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Gray; color:black;"> </span> Other (0%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> is the main and the most widely practised religion in Kurunegala. The district is also home to a wide range of other religious faiths and sects including <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. </p><p>Churches, mosques and Hindu temples are also located in the district. The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ceylon" title="Church of Ceylon">Church of Ceylon</a>, which is the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Church">Anglican Church</a> in Sri Lanka operates a diocese in Kurunegala covering the North-Central province and Kurunegala, <a href="/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy">Kandy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matale" title="Matale">Matale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kegalle" title="Kegalle">Kegalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anuradapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Anuradapura">Anuradapura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa" title="Polonnaruwa">Polonnaruwa</a> districts. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion</th> <th>Population(2012) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td> <td>1,431,632 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td> <td>118,305 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></td> <td>53,637 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td>14,721 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other Religion</td> <td>170 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district has six Educational Zones, 869 Schools including 28 National Schools, and 20,006 Teachers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kurunegala features a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">tropical rainforest climate</a> under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>. The city's climate is tropical and hot all throughout the year. The surrounding rocks play a major role in determining Kurunegala's weather since these rocks increase and retain the heat of the day. During the month of April the temperature can rise up to about 35 °C (95 °F). The only major change in the Kurunegala weather occurs during the monsoons from May to August and October to January, this is the time of year where heavy rains can be expected. While the city does experience a noticeably drier weather during January and February, it does not qualify as a true <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a> as average precipitation in both months are above 60 millimetres (2 in). In general, temperatures from late November to mid February period are lower than the rest of the year. Middle rainfall of this District is 900 - 2200 ml. North East Monsoon and South West Monsoon are the main rainfall method in this district. South West Monsoon is the largest rainfall system. </p><p>The average annual rainfall in Kurunegala is about 2,000 millimetres (79 in). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kurunegala, Sri Lanka (1961-1990) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8844; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(99.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6633; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.2<br />(102.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6633; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.0<br />(102.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8844; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.7<br />(99.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.5<br />(95.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.3<br />(95.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.7<br />(96.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8844; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(99.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8844; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6633; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.0<br />(102.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6633; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.2<br />(102.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(92.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.5<br />(88.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEBB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #31FF31; color:#000000;" class="notheme">138<br />(5.4) </td> <td style="background: #006A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">262<br />(10.3) </td> <td style="background: #00DC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">194<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #0EFF0E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">156<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #55FF55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114<br />(4.5) </td> <td style="background: #74FF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #0AFF0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">359<br />(14.1) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">327<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #2FFF2F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #00F500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,095<br />(82.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #1D1DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0000F3; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA <sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canals_and_rivers">Canals and rivers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Canals and rivers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Considering water supply system of the district it consists of four canals bounded on the North by Kala oya, Central by Meeoya and Deduru oya, South by Ma oya. There are many Large Scale and Small Irrigation Systems that has been implemented based on these canals. These are Rajanganaya, Usgala, Siyambalangamuwa, Hakwatunawa, Kimbulwana Oya, Bathalagoda, Magalla, Palukadawala, Atharagalla, Mediyawa, Wennoruwa and Ambakolawewa are some of the examples. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_cities">Major cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala" title="Kurunegala">Kurunegala</a> (Municipal Council)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Large_towns">Large towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurunegala_District&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Large towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuliyapitiya" 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