Ingiriya

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Ingiriya ඉංගිරිය இங்கிரிய
Ingiriya
Ingiriya Location Map
Ingiriya
Coordinates: 6°44′38″N 80°10′20″E / 6.74389°N 80.17222°E / 6.74389; 80.17222
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province
District	Kalutara District
Government
• Electoral Division	Horana Polling Division
• Local Government	Horana Pradeshiya Sabha
• Divisional Secretariat	Ingiriya Divisional Secretariat
Elevation	137 m (449 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	56,074
• Density	252.66/km2 (654.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (SLT)
Postal Code	12440
Telephone code	0094-3422 XXXXX
Website	www.ingiriyacity.lk

Ingiriya (Sinhala: ඉංගිරිය; Tamil: இங்கிரிய) is a city in Kalutara District of Western Province, Sri Lanka, near the border with Sabaragamuwa Province. The city is the meeting point of the Rathnapura–Panadura, Ingiriya–Padukka and Ingiriya–Bulathsinhala roads.

The city has an ethnic makeup of 89.7% Sinhalese and 10.1% Tamils, with less than 1% from other ethnicity. The 2001 census recorded a population of 45,726, rising to 56,074 in 2017.^[1]