Solnopan na Probinsya
{{Short description|Probinsya kan Sri Lanka}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Western Province
| native_name        = {{lang|si|බස්නාහිර පළාත}}<br />{{lang|ta|மேல் மாகாணம்}}
| native_name_lang   = 
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Province]]
<!-- images, nickname, motto --->| image_skyline      = Colombo City, Sri Lanka.jpg
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| image_caption      = [[Colombo]]
| image_flag         = Western Province Flag (SRI LANKA).png
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| anthem             = <!-- maps and coordinates ------>
| image_map          = Sri Lanka Western Province locator map.svg
| mapsize            = 
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = Location within Sri Lanka
| coordinates        = {{coord|06|50|N|80|05|E|region:LK_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = <!-- location ------------------>
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Sri Lanka]]
<!-- established --------------->| established_title  = Created
| established_date   = 1 October 1833
| established_title1 = [[Provincial council (Sri Lanka)|Provincial council]]
| established_date1  = 14 November 1987
| founder            = <!-- seat, smaller parts ------->
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Colombo]]
| seat1_type         = Largest City
| seat1              = [[Colombo]]
| parts_type         = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|Districts]]
| parts_style        = list
| parts              = 
| p1                 = [[Colombo District|Colombo]]
| p2                 = [[Gampaha District|Gampaha]]
| p3                 = [[Kalutara District|Kalutara]]
<!-- government type, leaders -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Provincial councils of Sri Lanka|Provincial council]]
| governing_body     = [[Western Provincial Council]]
| leader_title       = [[List of Governors of Western Province|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Hanif Yusuf]]
| leader_title1      = [[List of Chief Ministers of Western Province|Chief Minister]]
| leader_name1       = <!-- display settings  --------->
| unit_pref          = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
<!-- area ---------------------->| area_footnotes     = <ref name=area/>
| area_total_km2     = 3684
| area_land_km2      = 3593
| area_rank          = 9th (5.61% of total area)
| area_water_percent = 2.47
| area_note          = <!-- elevation ----------------->
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| elevation_m        = <!-- population ---------------->
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2012eth/>
| population_total   = 5821710
| population_rank    = 1st (28.73% of total pop.)
| population_as_of   = 2012 census
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = 
| population_note    = <!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1 = [[Demographics of Sri Lanka#People|Ethnicity]]
| demographics1_footnotes = (2012 census)<ref name=2012eth/>
| demographics1_title1 = [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]]
| demographics1_info1 = 4,905,425 (84.26%)
| demographics1_title2 = [[Sri Lankan Moors]]
| demographics1_info2 = 450,505 (7.74%)
| demographics1_title3 = [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]]
| demographics1_info3 = 335,751 (5.77%)
| demographics1_title4 = [[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|Indian Tamil]]
| demographics1_info4 = 61,826 (1.06%)
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 68,203 (1.17%)
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->| demographics_type2 = [[Religion in Sri Lanka|Religion]]
| demographics2_footnotes = (2012 census)<ref name=2012rel/>
| demographics2_title1 = [[Buddhism in Sri Lanka|Buddhism]]
| demographics2_info1 = 4,288,797 (73.67%)
| demographics2_title2 = [[Christianity in Sri Lanka|Catholicism]]
| demographics2_info2 = 752,993 (12.93%)
| demographics2_title3 = [[Islam in Sri Lanka|Islam]]
| demographics2_info3 = 500,992 (8.61%)
| demographics2_title4 = [[Hinduism in Sri Lanka|Hinduism]]
| demographics2_info4 = 274,336 (4.71%)
| demographics2_title5 = Other
| demographics2_info5 = 4,592 (0.08%)
<!-- time zone(s) -------------->| timezone1          = Sri Lanka
| utc_offset1        = +05:30
<!-- postal codes, area code --->| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Sri Lanka|Post Codes]]
| postal_code        = 00000-19999
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka|Telephone Codes]]
| area_code          = 011, 031, 033, 034, 036, 038
| geocode            = 
| iso_code           = LK-1
| registration_plate = WP
<!-- blank fields (section 1) -->| blank_name_sec1    = Official Languages
| blank_info_sec1    = [[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]], [[English language|English]],[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
<!-- blank fields (section 2) -->| blank_name_sec2    = Symbols
| blank_info_sec2    = 
| blank1_name_sec2   = Flower
| blank1_info_sec2   = White Lotus ([[Nymphaea lotus]])
| blank2_name_sec2   = Butterfly
| blank2_info_sec2   = Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger ([[Ideopsis similis]])

<!-- website, footnotes -------->| website            = {{URL|www.wp.gov.lk}}
| footnotes          = 
| seat2_type         = Major Cities
| seat2              = {{collapsible list
 | * [[Gampaha]] 
 | * [[Negombo]] 
 | * [[Kalutara]]
 | * [[Kaduwela, Western Province|Kaduwela]]
 | * [[Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia|Dehiwala]]
 | * [[Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte|Kotte]]
 | * [[Kesbewa]]
 | * [[Moratuwa]]}}
}}
An '''Solnopan na Probinsya''' (Sinhala: බස්නාහිර පළාත ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; Tamil: மேல் மாகாணம் ''Mael Mākāṇam'') iyo an saro sa siyam na [[probinsya kan Sri Lanka]], an enot na level na [[administratibong dibisyon]] kan nasyon. Nag-eksister an mga probinsya poon pa kaidtong ika-19 na siglo alagad dai nagkaigwa nin ligal na kamugtakan sagkod kan 1987 kaidtong [[13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka]] inistabilisar an [[Provincial councils of Sri Lanka|provincial councils]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Provinces of Sri Lanka|url=http://www.statoids.com/ulk.html|publisher=Statoids}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Provincial Councils|url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/ProvCouncils/ProvicialCouncils.html|publisher=[[Government of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref> An Solnopan Probinsya iyo an pinakamatawong  probinsya asin iyo an erokan kan lehislatibong kapitolyo na [[Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]] siring man an [[Colombo]], an administratibo asin business center kan nasyon.

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An Solnopan na Probinsya (Sinhala: බස්නාහිර පළාත Basnāhira Paḷāta; Tamil: மேல் மாகாணம் Mael Mākāṇam) iyo an saro sa siyam na probinsya kan Sri Lanka, an enot na level na administratibong dibisyon kan nasyon. Nag-eksister an mga probinsya poon pa kaidtong ika-19 na siglo alagad dai nagkaigwa nin ligal na kamugtakan sagkod kan 1987 kaidtong 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka inistabilisar an provincial councils. An Solnopan Probinsya iyo an pinakamatawong  probinsya asin iyo an erokan kan lehislatibong kapitolyo na Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte siring man an Colombo, an administratibo asin business center kan nasyon.

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