Editing Sinhalese people (section)

====Sri Lanka====
[[File:Sri Lanka - Ethnicity 2012.png|thumb|Distribution of majority ethnicity by DS Division according 2012 census]]

Within Sri Lanka the majority of the Sinhalese reside in the South, Central, [[Sabaragamuwa Province|Sabaragamuwa]] and Western parts of the country. This coincides with the largest Sinhalese populations areas in Sri Lanka. Cities with more than 90% Sinhalese population include [[Hambantota]], [[Galle]], [[Gampaha]], [[Kurunegala]], [[Monaragala]], [[Anuradhapura]] and [[Polonnaruwa]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/PDF/Population/p9p8%20Ethnicity.pdf| title = Sri Lankan Government. (2001). Number and percentage of population by district and ethnic group. Last accessed 3 March 2010.| access-date = 3 March 2010| archive-date = 13 July 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170713101148/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/PDF/Population/p9p8%20Ethnicity.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Distribution of Sinhalese in Sri Lanka (2012)<ref name="statistics.gov.lk" />
|- style="text-align: center"
! style="vertical-align:bottom;"|[[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Province]]
! style="vertical-align:bottom;"|<small>Sinhalese<br />people</small>
! style="vertical-align:bottom;"|%<br />Sinhalese population <br />of the province
! style="vertical-align:bottom;"|%<br /><small>Provincial contribution to <br />total population</small>
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|Central Province, Sri Lanka}} || 1,687,199 || 66.00% || 11.11%
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|Eastern Province, Sri Lanka}} || 359,136 || 23.15% || 2.36%
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|Northern Province, Sri Lanka}} || 32,331 || 3.05% || 0.21%
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|North Central Province, Sri Lanka}} || 1,143,607 || 90.90% || 7.53%
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|North Western Province, Sri Lanka}} || 2,030,370 || 85.70% || 13.38%
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|Sabaragamuwa Province}} || 1,657,967 || 86.40% || 10.92%
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|Southern Province, Sri Lanka}} || 2,340,693 || 94.96% || 15.42%
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|Uva Province}} || 1,017,092 || 80.80% || 6.70%
|-
| align=left|{{flagcountry|Western Province, Sri Lanka}} || 4,905,425 || 84.26% || 32.32%
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left|Total || 15,173,820 || 74.80% || 100.00%
|}