Official Name: | Kirinda Puhulwella Divisional Secretariat |
Settlement Type: | Divisional Secretariat |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Matara District |
Leader Title: | Divisional Secretary |
Leader Name: | Kusalaka Nanayakkara |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | Sri Lanka Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 81290 |
Kirinda Puhulwella Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Matara District, of Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Kirinda is multi-racial division, where Sinhalese people and Muslims live together. At some point in the past, Yonaka businessmen came to the district and married Sinhala women and settled there. The division's total population was 22,036 in 2010 ; 11,146 were female and 10,890 were male. There were 21,268 Sinhalese and 768 Lanka Yonaka people.[1]