City of Colombo

The Colombo municipal council administrative areais extended over 3729 Ha..  According to preliminary estimates, the Colombo municipal council reported a population of  638,000 in 1994.  On this basis, the population in the municipal council area was projected at 774,500 in year 2010.  However, the 1994 population estimate has now been revised upward to 721,443.  This leads to an upward  revision of the projected population to 1,000,000 in the city of Colombo in 2010 (Table 1).

The City consists of 47 Municipal Wards, which are grouped into 14 Planning Units by taking into account the main land use characteristics and the spatial distribution of economic activities and functions in the city.
( Map 4)  At present the city has a gross density of 193 persons per Ha. (pp/h). On the basis of the revised estimated population in 1994, the density will increase to 268 pp/h by year 2010. However the following Tables 2, Table 3 and Figure 1, Figure 2 describe the population densities, according to the preliminary estimates done in 1994.

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