Lihat sumber Provinsi Tengah, Sri Lanka

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
| name                    = Provinsi Tengah<br>(''Central Province'')
| native_name             = {{lang|si|මධ්‍යම පළාත}}<br>{{lang|ta|மத்திய மாகாணம்}}
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = [[Provinsi di Sri Lanka|Provinsi]]
| image_skyline           = Summer in Kandy.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Kandy ([[Ibukota]] provinsi)
| image_flag              = Central Province.png
| flag_alt                = 
| image_map               = Sri Lanka Central Province locator map.svg
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Lokasi di Sri Lanka
| coor_pinpoint           = 
| coordinates             = {{coord|7|20|N|80|45|E|region:LK_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Negara
| subdivision_name        = [[Sri Lanka]]
| established_title       = Dibentuk
| established_date        = 1833
| established_title1      = [[Konstitusi Sri Lanka|Admitted]]
| established_date1       = 14 November 1987
| founder                 = 
| seat_type               = [[Ibukota]]
| seat                    = [[Kandy]]
| seat1_type              = Kota besar
| seat1                   = [[Kandy]]
| government_footnotes    = 
| leader_title            = [[Gubernur]]
| leader_name             = Lalith U Gamage
| leader_title1           = Kepala Menteri
| leader_name1            = 
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 5.674
| area_rank               = Ke-6 (8.63% dari total area)
| area_water_percent      = 
| area_note               = 
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_total        = 2558716
| population_rank         = Ke-2 (12.97% dari pop.)
| population_as_of        = Sensus 2012
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         = 
| demographics_type1      = [[GDP]]
| demographics1_footnotes = &nbsp;(2010)<ref>[http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca201007/20100719north_east_record_highest_gdp_growth_rate.htm :.News Line : North, East record highest GDP growth rate<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620212257/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca201007/20100719north_east_record_highest_gdp_growth_rate.htm |date=2012-06-20 }}</ref>
| demographics1_title1    = Total
| demographics1_info1     = [[Rupee Sri Lanka|Rs]] 465 [[milyar]]
| demographics1_title2    = Ranking
| demographics1_info2     = Ke-4 (9.6% dari total)
| timezone1               = Sri Lanka
| utc_offset1             = +05:30
| blank_name_sec1         = Bahasa resmi
| blank_info_sec1         = [[Bahasa Sinhala|Sinhala]], [[Bahasa Tamil|Tamil]]
| iso_code                = LK-2
| registration_plate      = CP
| website                 = {{url|http://www.cp.gov.lk}}
| footnotes               = 
}}

'''Provinsi Tengah''' ({{lang-si|මධ්‍යම පළාත}} ''Madhyama Palata'', {{lang-ta|மத்திய மாகாணம்}} ''Madhiya Maakaanam'') adalah salah satu dari sembilan provinsi di [[Sri Lanka]], [[divisi administratif]] tingkat satu di negara tersebut. Provinsi Tengah utamanya berada di kawasan pegunungan tengah [[Sri Lanka]]. Provinsi tersebut adalah provinsi terbesar ke-6 menurut luas dan didiami ole 2.5 juta orang.

== Geografi ==
Provinsi ini memiliki luas 5.674&nbsp;km<sup>2 </sup> dan jumlah penduduk 2.421.148. Kota-kota besar termasuk [[Kandy]] (119.186), [[Matale]] (39.869), [[Dambulla]] (75.290), [[Gampola]] (26.481), [[Nuwara Eliya]] (27.449) dan [[Hatton, Sri Lanka|Hatton]] (16.790).

=== Jajaran pegunungan ===
[[Pegunungan Knuckles]], [[Puncak Adam]] dan [[Dataran Horton]] adalah Situs Warisan Dunia UNESCO di Provinsi Tengah.

=== Iklim ===
Iklimnya sejuk, dan banyak daerah di atas 1.500 meter sering mengalami malam yang dingin. Lereng bagian barat sangat basah, beberapa tempat memiliki curah hujan hampir 7.000&nbsp;mm per tahun. Lereng timur merupakan bagian dari zona kering pertengahan karena hanya menerima hujan dari musim timur laut. Suhu berkisar dari 24&nbsp;°C di Kandy hingga hanya 16&nbsp;°C di Nuwara Eliya, yaitu 1.889 m di atas permukaan laut. Pegunungan tertinggi di Sri Lanka berada di Provinsi Tengah. Medannya sebagian besar bergunung-gunung, dengan lembah yang dalam. Dua wilayah pegunungan utama adalah massif pusat dan pegunungan Knuckles di sebelah timur Kandy.

== Demografi ==
Penduduknya adalah campuran Sinhala, Tamil dan [[Suku Moor|Moor]]. Banyak pekerja perkebunan teh adalah orang Tamil India, dibawa ke Sri Lanka oleh [[Inggris]] pada abad ke-19.

=== Etnis ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Kelompok etnis
! Populasi
! % 
|-
| [[Suku Sinhala|Sinhala]] 
| 1,584,100 
| 65.35%
|-
| [[India|Tamil India]] 
|  482,945
|  19.92%
|-
| [[Suku Moor|Moor Sri Lanka]] 
|  223,076
|  9.2%
|-
| [[Suku Tamil|Tamil Sri Lanka]]
|  122,438
|  5.05%
|-
| [[Suku Burgher|Burgher]] 
|  3,589
|  0.15%
|-
| Lainnya 
|  7,818
|  0.32%
|-
| '''Total''' 
| 2,423,966
| 100.00%
|}

=== Agama ===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
|+ '''Populasi Provinsi Tengah menurut agama tahun 2012'''<ref name=2012rel>{{cite web|title=A3 : Population by religion according to districts, 2012|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop43&gp=Activities&tpl=3|work=Census of Population & Housing, 2011|publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka|access-date=2021-05-10|archive-date=2019-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107065148/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop43&gp=Activities&tpl=3|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Population by religion and district, Census 1981, 2001 |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP2/AB2-15.pdf |work=Statistical Abstract 2011 |publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113190535/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP2/AB2-15.pdf |archive-date=2012-11-13 }}</ref>
|-
! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|Tahun 
! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|[[Buddhisme di Sri Lanka|Buddha]]
! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|[[Hinduisme di Sri Lanka|Hindu]] 
! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|[[Islam di Sri Lanka|Muslim]] 
! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|[[Kekristenan di Sri Lanka|Kristen]]{{Efn|Termasuk Katolik Roma dan aliran Protestan lainnya.}}
! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|Lainnya
! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|'''Total'''<br />'''Jumlah'''
|-
! style="width:60px;"|Jumlah || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|Jumlah|| style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|Jumlah || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|Jumlah || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|Jumlah || style="width:50px;"|%
|-
| align=left|Sensus 2012 || 1.665.465 || 65,78% || 539.496 || 21,31% || 235.525 || 9,30% || 90.519 || 3,58% || 711 || 0,03% || '''2.531.716'''
|}

== Divisi Administratif ==
{{Main|Distrik di Sri Lanka|Sekretariat Divisi Sri Lanka}}
Provinsi Tengah dibagi menjadi tiga [[Distrik di Sri Lanka|distrik]] dan 36 [[Sekretariat Divisi Sri Lanka|sekretaris divisi]].

=== Distrik ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Divisi Administratif Provinsi Tengah
|-  
! [[Distrik di Sri Lanka|distrik]]
! [[Ibukota]]
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Populasi
|-
| [[Distrik Kandy]]
| [[Kandy]]
| 1,940
| 1,279,028
|-
| [[Distrik Matale]]
| [[Matale]]
| 1,993
| 441,328
|-
| [[Distrik Nuwara Eliya]]
| [[Nuwara Eliya]]
| 1,741
| 703,610
|}

== Referensi ==
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== Pranala luar ==
{{Commonscat|Central Province, Sri Lanka|Provinsi Tengah, Sri Lanka}}
* [http://www.cp.gov.lk Central Provincial Council Sri Lanka ]
* [http://www.pcsec.cp.gov.lk Office of the Council Secretary – Central Provincial Council Sri Lanka ]
* [http://www.cs.cp.gov.lk Cheief Secretary's Office – Central Provincial Council Sri Lanka ]
* [http://orayans.com/central-province-postal-code/ Central Provincial Postal Codes Sri Lanka ]
* [http://www.bhoomi.lk/SriLankaProvinces-Central_Province-3.aspx Cities in Central province ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310215655/http://www.bhoomi.lk/SriLankaProvinces-Central_Province-3.aspx |date=2007-03-10 }}

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