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|official_name = Kolonnawa
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|native_name = කොළොන්නාව<br/>கொலன்னாவ
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|settlement_type = town

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|pushpin_map =Sri Lanka Colombo District
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|pushpin_map_caption =Location in Colombo District

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|subdivision_name = Sri Lanka
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]]
|subdivision_type2 =[[Districts of Sri Lanka|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Colombo District]]
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|population_as_of =2012<ref name="worldgazetteer">{{Cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-3&srt=pnan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-127|title=Sri Lanka - largest cities (per geographical entity)|publisher=World Gazetteer|access-date=2012-12-17}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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''' Kolonnawa ''' ({{langx|si|කොලොන්නාව}}, {{langx|ta|கொலன்னாவ}}) is a town located on the eastern boundary of [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]. It is bounded by [[Kelani River]] to the north, Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha to the east, [[Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte|Kotte Municipal Council]] to the south and Colombo Municipal Council to the west.

== Kolonnawa Urban Council ==
{{Main|Kolonnawa Urban Council}}
=== Zone ===
* Kolonnawa
* Orugodawatte
* Wellampitiya
*Sedawatta
*Salamulla
*Meethotamulla

<ref>{{cite web |title= Ward Maps of Colombo District – Kolonnawa Urban Council |url= http://www.lgpc.gov.lk/downloads/Ward%20Maps/WP/Colombo/06KolonnawaUC.pdf |access-date= 2018-04-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180921090543/http://www.lgpc.gov.lk/downloads/Ward%20Maps/WP/Colombo/06KolonnawaUC.pdf |archive-date= 2018-09-21 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Demographics==
Kolonnawa Municipality area is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious urban centre. According to the census of 2012, the demographics by ethnicity and religion are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ align=top| '''Religious & ethnic identification in Kolonnawa Municipality area'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012 |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop32&gp=Activities&tpl=3 |access-date=2018-04-13 |archive-date=2016-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101151718/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop32&gp=Activities&tpl=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka - Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex- 2012 |url= http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/District/Colombo/A4.pdf }}</ref>

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! !! 2012 !! Percentage
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|[[Buddhism in Sri Lanka|Buddhist]]|| 123,225 || 64.58%
|-
|[[Islam in Sri Lanka|Islam]]|| 43,988 || 23.05%
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|[[Hinduism in Sri Lanka|Hindu]]|| 12,991 ||6.81%
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|[[Roman Catholicism in Sri Lanka|Roman Catholic]]|| 7,327 || 3.84%
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|Other Christian|| 3,245 || 1.70%
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|Other|| 41 || 0.02%
|-
|align=left style="background: #99CCFF;" |Total|| 190,817 || 100.00%
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|[[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]]|| 128,623 || 67.41%
|-
|[[Sri Lankan Moor]]|| 40,412 ||21.18%
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|[[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]]|| 15,934
|| 8.35%
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|[[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|Indian Tamil]]|| 2,101|| 1.10%
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|[[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]]|| 1,885||0.99%
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|[[Burgher people|Burgher]]|| 1,301|| 0.68%
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|Other||487 || 0.26%
|-
|[[Sri Lankan Chetty]]|| 57 ||0.03%
|-
|[[Baratha]]|| 17 || 0.01%
|-
|align=left style="background: #99CCFF;" |Total||190,817
|| 100.00%
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Suburbs of Colombo}}
{{Largest Sri Lankan cities}}
{{Municipalities and Urban areas of Sri Lanka}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Populated places in Colombo District]]
{{WesternLK-geo-stub}}

Kolonnawa - Revision history

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