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data-file-height="851" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">Constitution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka#Amendments_to_date" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">Amendments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Law of Sri Lanka">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Human rights in Sri Lanka">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Taxation in Sri Lanka">Taxation</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li>Previous Constitutions: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donoughmore_Constitution" title="Donoughmore Constitution">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soulbury_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Soulbury Constitution">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Constitution_of_1972" title="Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972">1972</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Government of Sri Lanka">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">President of Sri Lanka</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of presidents of Sri Lanka">10th</a>)</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" title="Anura Kumara Dissanayake">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prime Minister of Sri Lanka">Prime Minister of Sri Lanka</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka">16th</a>)</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harini_Amarasuriya" title="Harini Amarasuriya">Harini Amarasuriya</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_cabinets" title="List of Sri Lankan cabinets">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Ministers_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Ministers of Sri Lanka">Cabinet Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministers_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Government" title="Ministers of the Sri Lanka Government">Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministries of Sri Lanka">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Security Council (Sri Lanka)">National Security Council</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Secretariat_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)">Secretary to the President</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Nandika Sanath Kumanayake</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Prime Minister's Office (Sri Lanka)">Secretary to the Prime Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>G. P. Saputhanthri</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Cabinet Office (Sri Lanka)">Secretary to the Cabinet</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>W. M. D. J. Fernando</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliaments_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of parliaments of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="17th Parliament of Sri Lanka">(17th)</a></div></dt></dl> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg/75px-Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg/113px-Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg/150px-Sri_Lanka_Parliament_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Ranwala" title="Ashoka Ranwala">Ashoka Ranwala</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_speaker_and_chairman_of_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Deputy Speaker and <br /> Chairman of Committees</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rizvie_Salih" title="Rizvie Salih">Rizvie Salih</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_Committees" title="Deputy Chairman of Committees">Deputy Chairperson of Committees</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hemali_Weerasekara" title="Hemali Weerasekara">Hemali Weerasekara</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" title="Sajith Premadasa">Sajith Premadasa</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the House (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the House</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Rathnayake" title="Bimal Rathnayake">Bimal Rathnayake</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Government_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief Government Whip (Sri Lanka)">Chief Government Whip</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nalinda_Jayatissa" title="Nalinda Jayatissa">Nalinda Jayatissa</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Opposition_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief Opposition Whip (Sri Lanka)">Chief Opposition Whip</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TBA" class="mw-redirect" title="TBA">TBA</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Secretary General</b></li></ul> <ul><li>Kushani Anusha Rohanadeera</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Council_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka)">Constitutional Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_on_Public_Enterprises_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Committee on Public Enterprises (Sri Lanka)">COPE</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Sri Lanka)">Cabinet Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Wijepala" title="Ananda Wijepala">Ananda Wijepala</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Permanent_secretary#Sri_Lanka" title="Permanent secretary">Secretary to the Ministry</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>D. W. R. B. Seneviratne</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Judiciary of Sri Lanka">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court of Sri Lanka</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Chief Justice of Sri Lanka">Chief Justice</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murdhu_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="Murdhu Fernando">Murdhu Fernando</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka#Current_justices" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Puisne Justices</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padman_Surasena" title="Padman Surasena">P. Padman Surasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Thurairaja" title="S. Thurairaja">S. Thurairaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamini_Amarasekera" title="Gamini Amarasekera">Gamini Amarasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasantha_Kodagoda" title="Yasantha Kodagoda">Yasantha Kodagoda</a></li> <li>A. H. M. D.Nawaz</li> <li>Kumuduni Wickremasinghe</li> <li>A. L. Shiran Gooneratne</li> <li>Janak De Silva</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achala_Wengappuli" title="Achala Wengappuli">Achala Wengappuli</a></li> <li>Mahinda Samayawardhena</li> <li>Arjuna Obeyesekere</li> <li>K. Priyantha Fernando</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka">Court of Appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="High Court of Sri Lanka">High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_court_(Sri_Lanka)" title="District court (Sri Lanka)">District Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrate%27s_court_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Magistrate's court (Sri Lanka)">Magistrate's Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_court" title="Primary court">Primary Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Tribunal" title="Labour Tribunal">Labour Tribunal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_Service_Commission_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Judicial Service Commission (Sri Lanka)">Judicial Service Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Association_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Bar Association of Sri Lanka">Bar Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Law enforcement in Sri Lanka">Law enforcement</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General%27s_Department_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Attorney General's Department (Sri Lanka)">Attorney General's Department</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Attorney General of Sri Lanka">Attorney General</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Parinda Ranasinghe</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Solicitor General of Sri Lanka">Solicitor General</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Viraj Dayaratne</li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice,_Prisons_Affairs_and_Constitutional_Reforms" title="Ministry of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms">Ministry of Justice</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)">Cabinet Minister</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harshana_Nanayakkara" title="Harshana Nanayakkara">Harshana Nanayakkara</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Permanent_secretary#Sri_Lanka" title="Permanent secretary">Secretary to the Ministry</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Ayesha Jinasena</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Elections in Sri Lanka">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Election Commission of Sri Lanka">Election Commission</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Sri_Lanka#Chairman_of_the_Election_Commission" title="Election Commission of Sri Lanka">Chairman</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>R. M. A. L. Rathnayake</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b>Members</b></li></ul> <ul><li>M. A. P. C. Perera</li> <li>Ameer Faaiz</li> <li>Anusuya Shanmuganathan</li> <li>Lakshman Dissanayake</li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sri_Lankan_elections" title="Template:Sri Lankan elections">Elections</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_elections_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidential elections in Sri Lanka">Presidential</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">2024</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_elections_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka">Parliamentary</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Provincial_governments_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provincial governments of Sri Lanka">Provincial council</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2014_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="March 2014 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2014 (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Uva_Provincial_Council_election" title="2014 Uva Provincial Council election">2014 (Sep)</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Local government in Sri Lanka">Local government</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2019</a> / <a href="/wiki/2024_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2024 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="Next Sri Lankan local elections"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:gold; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">Referendum</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_term_extension_referendum" title="1982 Sri Lankan parliamentary term extension referendum">1982</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">Electoral districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Polling_divisions_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of Polling divisions of Sri Lanka">Polling divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political parties in Sri Lanka">Political parties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; 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of Sri Lanka">provinces</a>. Sri Lanka has 25 districts organized into 9 provinces.<sup id="cite_ref-Brief_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brief-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Districts are further divided into a number of <a href="/wiki/Divisional_Secretariats_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka">divisional secretariats</a> (commonly known as D.S. divisions), which are in turn subdivided into 14,022 <a href="/wiki/Grama_niladhari" class="mw-redirect" title="Grama niladhari">grama niladhari</a> divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are 331 DS divisions in Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each district is administered under a <a href="/wiki/District_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="District Secretary">district secretary</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who is appointed by the central government.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main tasks of the district secretariat involve coordinating communications and activities of the central government and divisional secretariats. The district secretariat is also responsible for implementing and monitoring development projects at the district level and assisting lower-level subdivisions in their activities,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as revenue collection and coordination of elections in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The country was first divided into several administrative units during the <a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Anuradhapura Kingdom">Anuradhapura Kingdom</a>. The kingdom was divided into three provinces; <i><a href="/wiki/Rajarata" title="Rajarata">Rajarata</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ruhuna" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhuna">Ruhuna</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Malaya_Rata" title="Malaya Rata">Malaya Rata</a></i>. These were further subdivided into smaller units called <i>rata</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESiriweera200491_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESiriweera200491-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over time, the number of provinces increased, but the second-level administrative division continued to be the <i>rata</i>. However, with the country eventually being divided into more than one kingdom and with foreign colonial missions landing and taking parts of the country under their control, this structure began to change. The territory of the <a href="/wiki/Kotte_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotte Kingdom">Kotte Kingdom</a> was organized into four <span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">disavas</i></span>, which were further subdivided into forty <span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">korales</i></span>. The <span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">korales</i></span> had their own civil and military officials with a small militia. The <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_kingdom" title="Jaffna kingdom">Jaffna kingdom</a> appears to have had a similar administrative structure to this with four provinces.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006170_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006170-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Ceylon" title="Portuguese Ceylon">Portuguese took over parts of the country</a> after their arrival in 1505,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they maintained more or less the same administrative structure followed by Sri Lankan rulers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006168_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006168-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Ceylon" title="Dutch Ceylon">Dutch rule</a> in the country, the terrain under their control was divided into three administrative divisions. These were subdivided into <span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">disavas</i></span> as in earlier systems.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006195_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006195-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">British</a> initially continued this system,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006214_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006214-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but following reforms in 1796 to 1802, the country was divided according to ethnic composition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006258_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006258-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeebles200648_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeebles200648-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was abolished by the <a href="/wiki/Colebrooke%E2%80%93Cameron_Commission" title="Colebrooke–Cameron Commission">Colebrook–Cameron</a> reforms in 1833 and a <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Ceylon" title="Legislative Council of Ceylon">legislative council</a> was created,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeebles200652_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeebles200652-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making the island a politically and administratively single unit. Five provinces were created, later expanded into nine, and these were subdivided into twenty-one districts. These districts were administered by officials known as <a href="/wiki/Government_Agent_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Government Agent (Sri Lanka)">Government Agents</a> or Assistant Government Agents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006258_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYogasundaram2006258-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1955, the district replaced the province as the country's main administrative unit.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeebles2006110_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeebles2006110-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ampara_District" title="Ampara District">Ampara District</a> was created in April 1961,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Mullaitivu_District" title="Mullaitivu District">Mullaitivu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gampaha_District" title="Gampaha District">Gampaha</a> districts in September 1978<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> through a <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">new constitution</a>, which also reintroduced the provinces as the main administrative units.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newest district to be created was the <a href="/wiki/Kilinochchi_District" title="Kilinochchi District">Kilinochchi</a> district in February 1984,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the current constitution states that the territory of Sri Lanka consists of 25 administrative districts. These districts may be subdivided or amalgamated by a resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament of Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All population data is from the most recent census of Sri Lanka, in 2012. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1233514072">.mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers{counter-reset:rowNumber}.mw-parser-output .static-row-numbers 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static-row-numbers static-row-header-text" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th class="unsortable">Area map </th> <th>Province </th> <th>District capital </th> <th>Land area in <small>km<sup>2</sup> (mi<sup>2</sup>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-abstract14_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abstract14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Inland water area <small>in km<sup>2</sup> (mi<sup>2</sup>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-abstract14_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abstract14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Total area in <small>km <sup>2</sup> (mi<sup>2</sup>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-abstract14_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abstract14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population density <small>per km<sup>2</sup><br />(per mi<sup>2</sup>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ampara_District" title="Ampara District">Ampara</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ampara_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Ampara District, located along the east by south and south east coast and projecting into the interior of the country at the northern border, in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Ampara_district.svg/100px-Ampara_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Ampara_district.svg/150px-Ampara_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Ampara_district.svg/200px-Ampara_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/23px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/35px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/46px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="509" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ampara" title="Ampara">Ampara</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009422200000000000♠"></span>4,222 (1,630) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008193000000000000♠"></span>193 (75) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009441500000000000♠"></span>4,415 (1,705) </td> <td>649,402 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996154000000000000♠"></span>154 (400) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_District" title="Anuradhapura District">Anuradhapura</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anuradhapura_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Anuradhapura District, located somewhat to the north of the centre of the country, in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Anuradhapura_district.svg/100px-Anuradhapura_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Anuradhapura_district.svg/150px-Anuradhapura_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Anuradhapura_district.svg/200px-Anuradhapura_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="North Central Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/North_Central_Flag.png/23px-North_Central_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/North_Central_Flag.png/35px-North_Central_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/North_Central_Flag.png/46px-North_Central_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura" title="Anuradhapura">Anuradhapura</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009666400000000000♠"></span>6,664 (2,573) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008515000000000000♠"></span>515 (199) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009717900000000000♠"></span>7,179 (2,772) </td> <td>860,575 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996128999999999999♠"></span>129 (330) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Badulla_District" title="Badulla District">Badulla</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badulla_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Badulla District which has its northern border near the centre of the country and extends to the south, located in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Badulla_district.svg/100px-Badulla_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Badulla_district.svg/150px-Badulla_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Badulla_district.svg/200px-Badulla_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province"><img alt="Uva Province" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Badulla" title="Badulla">Badulla</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009282700000000000♠"></span>2,827 (1,092) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007340000000000000♠"></span>34 (13) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009286100000000000♠"></span>2,861 (1,105) </td> <td>815,405 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996288000000000000♠"></span>288 (750) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_District" title="Batticaloa District">Batticaloa</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Batticaloa_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Batticaloa District, located along the east by north coast, in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Batticaloa_district.svg/100px-Batticaloa_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Batticaloa_district.svg/150px-Batticaloa_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Batticaloa_district.svg/200px-Batticaloa_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/23px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/35px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/46px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="509" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009261000000000000♠"></span>2,610 (1,010) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008244000000000000♠"></span>244 (94) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009285400000000000♠"></span>2,854 (1,102) </td> <td>526,567 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996202000000000000♠"></span>202 (520) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_District" title="Colombo District">Colombo</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colombo_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Colombo District, roughly rectangular in shape and extending inwards from the west south west coast in the Western Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Colombo_district.svg/100px-Colombo_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Colombo_district.svg/150px-Colombo_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Colombo_district.svg/200px-Colombo_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Western Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/23px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/35px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/46px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="160" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008676000000000000♠"></span>676 (261) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007230000000000000♠"></span>23 (8.9) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008699000000000000♠"></span>699 (270) </td> <td>2,324,349 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997343799999999999♠"></span>3,438 (8,900) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galle_District" title="Galle District">Galle</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Galle_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Galle District, converging inwards from the south west coast, in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Galle_district.svg/100px-Galle_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Galle_district.svg/150px-Galle_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Galle_district.svg/200px-Galle_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Southern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/23px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/35px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/46px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="359" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Galle" title="Galle">Galle</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009161700000000000♠"></span>1,617 (624) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007350000000000000♠"></span>35 (14) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009165200000000000♠"></span>1,652 (638) </td> <td>1,063,334 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996658000000000000♠"></span>658 (1,700) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Gampaha_District" title="Gampaha District">Gampaha</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gampaha_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Gampaha District, extending inwards from the west by south west coast in a rough square shape, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Gampaha_district.svg/100px-Gampaha_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Gampaha_district.svg/150px-Gampaha_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Gampaha_district.svg/200px-Gampaha_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Western Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/23px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/35px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/46px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="160" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Gampaha" title="Gampaha">Gampaha</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009134100000000000♠"></span>1,341 (518) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007460000000000000♠"></span>46 (18) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009138700000000000♠"></span>1,387 (536) </td> <td>2,304,833 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997171899999999999♠"></span>1,719 (4,450) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Hambantota_District" title="Hambantota District">Hambantota</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hambantota_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Hambantota District, lying along the coast from south to south east, in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Hambantota_district.svg/100px-Hambantota_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Hambantota_district.svg/150px-Hambantota_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Hambantota_district.svg/200px-Hambantota_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Southern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/23px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/35px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/46px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="359" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Hambantota" title="Hambantota">Hambantota</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009249600000000000♠"></span>2,496 (964) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008113000000000000♠"></span>113 (44) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009260900000000000♠"></span>2,609 (1,007) </td> <td>599,903 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996239999999999999♠"></span>240 (620) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_District" title="Jaffna District">Jaffna</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaffna_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Jaffna District, in the peninsula to the north, in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jaffna_district.svg/100px-Jaffna_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jaffna_district.svg/150px-Jaffna_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jaffna_district.svg/200px-Jaffna_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Northern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008929000000000000♠"></span>929 (359) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007960000000000000♠"></span>96 (37) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009102500000000000♠"></span>1,025 (396) </td> <td>583,882 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996629000000000000♠"></span>629 (1,630) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kalutara_District" title="Kalutara District">Kalutara</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalutara_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Kalutara District, extending inwards from the south west by west coast, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Kalutara_district.svg/100px-Kalutara_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Kalutara_district.svg/150px-Kalutara_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Kalutara_district.svg/200px-Kalutara_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Western Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/23px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/35px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/46px-Western_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="160" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kalutara" title="Kalutara">Kalutara</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009157600000000000♠"></span>1,576 (608) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007220000000000000♠"></span>22 (8.5) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009159800000000000♠"></span>1,598 (617) </td> <td>1,221,948 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996775000000000000♠"></span>775 (2,010) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kandy_District" title="Kandy District">Kandy</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kandy_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Kandy District, at the centre of the country with its south western boundary extending to the south, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Kandy_district.svg/100px-Kandy_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Kandy_district.svg/150px-Kandy_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Kandy_district.svg/200px-Kandy_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Central Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/23px-Central_Province.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/35px-Central_Province.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/45px-Central_Province.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kandy" title="Kandy">Kandy</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009191700000000000♠"></span>1,917 (740) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007230000000000000♠"></span>23 (8.9) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009194000000000000♠"></span>1,940 (750) </td> <td>1,375,382 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996716000000000000♠"></span>716 (1,850) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kegalle_District" title="Kegalle District">Kegalle</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kegalle_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Kegalle District, roughly oval in shape is located to the south east of the centre of the country, in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kegalle_district.svg/100px-Kegalle_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kegalle_district.svg/150px-Kegalle_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Kegalle_district.svg/200px-Kegalle_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province"><img alt="Sabaragamuwa Province" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png/23px-Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png/35px-Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png/46px-Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kegalle" title="Kegalle">Kegalle</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009168500000000000♠"></span>1,685 (651) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7006800000000000000♠"></span>8 (3.1) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009169300000000000♠"></span>1,693 (654) </td> <td>840,648 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996499000000000000♠"></span>499 (1,290) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kilinochchi_District" title="Kilinochchi District">Kilinochchi</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilinochchi_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Kilinochchi District, along the northern coast of the mainland and south of the Jaffna peninsula, in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kilinochchi_district.svg/100px-Kilinochchi_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kilinochchi_district.svg/150px-Kilinochchi_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kilinochchi_district.svg/200px-Kilinochchi_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Northern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kilinochchi" title="Kilinochchi">Kilinochchi</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009120500000000000♠"></span>1,205 (465) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007740000000000000♠"></span>74 (29) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009127900000000000♠"></span>1,279 (494) </td> <td>113,510 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6995940000000000000♠"></span>94 (240) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_District" title="Kurunegala District">Kurunegala</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurunegala_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Kurunegala District, to the west of the centre of the country with its northern border extending towards the north west, in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kurunegala_district.svg/100px-Kurunegala_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kurunegala_district.svg/150px-Kurunegala_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kurunegala_district.svg/200px-Kurunegala_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="North Western Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/North_Western_Flag.png/23px-North_Western_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/North_Western_Flag.png/35px-North_Western_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/North_Western_Flag.png/46px-North_Western_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala" title="Kurunegala">Kurunegala</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009462400000000000♠"></span>4,624 (1,785) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008192000000000000♠"></span>192 (74) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009481600000000000♠"></span>4,816 (1,859) </td> <td>1,618,465 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996350000000000000♠"></span>350 (910) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mannar_District" title="Mannar District">Mannar</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mannar_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Mannar District, along the north western coast with eastern border extending towards the interior, also including a large island roughly oval in shape, in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mannar_district.svg/100px-Mannar_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mannar_district.svg/150px-Mannar_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mannar_district.svg/200px-Mannar_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Northern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mannar,_Sri_Lanka" title="Mannar, Sri Lanka">Mannar</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009188000000000000♠"></span>1,880 (730) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008116000000000000♠"></span>116 (45) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009199600000000000♠"></span>1,996 (771) </td> <td>99,570 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6995530000000000000♠"></span>53 (140) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Matale_District" title="Matale District">Matale</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matale_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Matale District, located immediately north of the middle of the country, roughly the shape of a letter "C" and located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Matale_district.svg/100px-Matale_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Matale_district.svg/150px-Matale_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Matale_district.svg/200px-Matale_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Central Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/23px-Central_Province.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/35px-Central_Province.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/45px-Central_Province.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Matale" title="Matale">Matale</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009195200000000000♠"></span>1,952 (754) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007410000000000000♠"></span>41 (16) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009199300000000000♠"></span>1,993 (770) </td> <td>484,531 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996248000000000000♠"></span>248 (640) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Matara_District" title="Matara District">Matara</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matara_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Matara District, roughly rectangular in shape and extending inwards from the southern coast, in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Matara_district.svg/100px-Matara_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Matara_district.svg/150px-Matara_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Matara_district.svg/200px-Matara_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Southern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/23px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/35px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG/46px-Flag_of_the_Southern_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="359" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Matara,_Sri_Lanka" title="Matara, Sri Lanka">Matara</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009127000000000000♠"></span>1,270 (490) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007130000000000000♠"></span>13 (5.0) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009128300000000000♠"></span>1,283 (495) </td> <td>814,048 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996641000000000000♠"></span>641 (1,660) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Monaragala_District" title="Monaragala District">Monaragala</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moneragala_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Monaragala District, located east of the centre of the country, has its south eat border extending towards the west, in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Moneragala_district.svg/100px-Moneragala_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Moneragala_district.svg/150px-Moneragala_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Moneragala_district.svg/200px-Moneragala_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province"><img alt="Uva Province" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_Uva_Province_%28Sri_Lanka%29_SVG.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Monaragala" title="Monaragala">Monaragala</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009550800000000000♠"></span>5,508 (2,127) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008131000000000000♠"></span>131 (51) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009563900000000000♠"></span>5,639 (2,177) </td> <td>451,058 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6995820000000000000♠"></span>82 (210) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mullaitivu_District" title="Mullaitivu District">Mullaitivu</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mullaitivu_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Mullaitivu District, extending to the west from the north by east coast in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Mullaitivu_district.svg/100px-Mullaitivu_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Mullaitivu_district.svg/150px-Mullaitivu_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Mullaitivu_district.svg/200px-Mullaitivu_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Northern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Mullaitivu" title="Mullaitivu">Mullaitivu</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009241500000000000♠"></span>2,415 (932) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008202000000000000♠"></span>202 (78) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009261700000000000♠"></span>2,617 (1,010) </td> <td>92,238 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6995379999999999999♠"></span>38 (98) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya_District" title="Nuwara Eliya District">Nuwara Eliya</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuwara_Eliya_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Nuwara Eliya District, located immediately south of the middle of the country and running roughly south west to north east, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuwara_Eliya_district.svg/100px-Nuwara_Eliya_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuwara_Eliya_district.svg/150px-Nuwara_Eliya_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Nuwara_Eliya_district.svg/200px-Nuwara_Eliya_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Central Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/23px-Central_Province.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/35px-Central_Province.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Central_Province.png/45px-Central_Province.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya" title="Nuwara Eliya">Nuwara Eliya</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009170600000000000♠"></span>1,706 (659) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007350000000000000♠"></span>35 (14) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009174100000000000♠"></span>1,741 (672) </td> <td>711,644 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996417000000000000♠"></span>417 (1,080) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_District" title="Polonnaruwa District">Polonnaruwa</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Polonnaruwa_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Polonnaruwa District, roughly square in shape, located at the middle from north east of the centre of the country and south west of the north eastern coast, in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Polonnaruwa_district.svg/100px-Polonnaruwa_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Polonnaruwa_district.svg/150px-Polonnaruwa_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Polonnaruwa_district.svg/200px-Polonnaruwa_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="North Central Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/North_Central_Flag.png/23px-North_Central_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/North_Central_Flag.png/35px-North_Central_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/North_Central_Flag.png/46px-North_Central_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa" title="Polonnaruwa">Polonnaruwa</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009307700000000000♠"></span>3,077 (1,188) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008216000000000000♠"></span>216 (83) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009329300000000000♠"></span>3,293 (1,271) </td> <td>406,088 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996131999999999999♠"></span>132 (340) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Puttalam_District" title="Puttalam District">Puttalam</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Puttalam_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Puttalam District, lying along the western coast, in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Puttalam_district.svg/100px-Puttalam_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Puttalam_district.svg/150px-Puttalam_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Puttalam_district.svg/200px-Puttalam_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="North Western Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/North_Western_Flag.png/23px-North_Western_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/North_Western_Flag.png/35px-North_Western_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/North_Western_Flag.png/46px-North_Western_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Puttalam" title="Puttalam">Puttalam</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009288200000000000♠"></span>2,882 (1,113) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008190000000000000♠"></span>190 (73) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009307200000000000♠"></span>3,072 (1,186) </td> <td>762,396 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996265000000000000♠"></span>265 (690) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura_District" title="Ratnapura District">Ratnapura</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ratnapura_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Ratnapura District, some distance from the south western coast with its western and southern borders converging towards the north west, in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Ratnapura_district.svg/100px-Ratnapura_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Ratnapura_district.svg/150px-Ratnapura_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Ratnapura_district.svg/200px-Ratnapura_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province"><img alt="Sabaragamuwa Province" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png/23px-Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png/35px-Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png/46px-Sabaragamuwa_Province_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura" title="Ratnapura">Ratnapura</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009323600000000000♠"></span>3,236 (1,249) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7007390000000000000♠"></span>39 (15) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009327500000000000♠"></span>3,275 (1,264) </td> <td>1,088,007 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996336000000000000♠"></span>336 (870) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_District" title="Trincomalee District">Trincomalee</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trincomalee_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Area map of Trincomalee District, along the north eastern coast with its south western border extending inwards, in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Trincomalee_district.svg/100px-Trincomalee_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Trincomalee_district.svg/150px-Trincomalee_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Trincomalee_district.svg/200px-Trincomalee_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/23px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/35px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png/46px-Eastern_Province_Flag_%28SRI_LANKA%29.png 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="509" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009252900000000000♠"></span>2,529 (976) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008198000000000000♠"></span>198 (76) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009272700000000000♠"></span>2,727 (1,053) </td> <td>379,541 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996150000000000000♠"></span>150 (390) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_District" title="Vavuniya District">Vavuniya</a> </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vavuniya_district.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Area map of Vavuniya District, located in the middle of the northern half of the country, running roughly in a south west—north east direction, in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka"><img alt="Area map of Vavuniya District, located in the middle of the northern half of the country, running roughly in a south west—north east direction, in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Vavuniya_district.svg/100px-Vavuniya_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Vavuniya_district.svg/150px-Vavuniya_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Vavuniya_district.svg/200px-Vavuniya_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka"><img alt="Northern Province, Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Province.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Vavuniya" title="Vavuniya">Vavuniya</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009186100000000000♠"></span>1,861 (719) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7008106000000000000♠"></span>106 (41) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7009196700000000000♠"></span>1,967 (759) </td> <td>172,115 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6995920000000000000♠"></span>92 (240) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7010627050000000000♠"></span>62,705 (24,211) </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7009290500000000000♠"></span>2,905 (1,122) </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7010656100000000000♠"></span>65,610 (25,330) </th> <th>20,359,439 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6996325000000000000♠"></span>325 (840) </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:LK" title="ISO 3166-2:LK">ISO 3166-2:LK</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Districts_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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plate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gems_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Gems of Sri Lanka">Gems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Highlands of Sri Lanka">Central Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanthana_Mountain_Range" title="Hanthana Mountain Range">Hanthana Mountain Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knuckles_Mountain_Range" title="Knuckles Mountain Range">Knuckles Mountain Range</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Extreme points of Sri Lanka">Extreme points</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pidurutalagala" title="Pidurutalagala">Highest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Pedro" title="Point Pedro">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dondra" title="Dondra">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangaman_Kanda" title="Sangaman 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