Badulla (Tamil: பதுளை மாவட்டம் Patuḷai māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය badūlla distrikkaya) is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is 2,861 km² and total population is 837,000. The district is bounded by the districts of Monaragala and Rathnapura on the East & South, by Ampara and Kandy districts on the North and by Nuwara Eliya and Matale on the West.