District in Sri Lanka

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Districts of Sri Lanka by color of the provinces

The 9 provinces of Sri Lanka are divided into 25 districts ( Sinhalese දිස්ත්‍රික්ක , Tamil மாவட்டம் ). Each district is headed by a district secretary appointed by the central government. The country's districts are listed below.

The Sinhalese majority also uses the name Disa for the districts . The original meaning of the name was principality. The most important of these disas were Matale and Uva.

Each district is in turn divided into 'divisions'. These were originally feudal rule like the German counties. The divisions were traditionally known as korale and rata . During the British colonial period they were first referred to as 'DRO Divisions'. Its administrator was the Divisional Revenue Officer. Later these were called 'Assistant Government Agents' and the divisions were called 'AGA Divisions'. Today they are headed by a 'Divisional Secretary' and therefore called 'DS Divisions'. Rural DS divisions are now administered by an elected regional council (Sinhala 'Pradeshiya Sabha').

Area and population figures

District map province District
capital
Land
area
in km²
Inland
water
area
in km²
Total
area
in square kilometers
Population
(2012)
Population
density
per km²
Ampara Ampara district.svg Eastern Province Ampara 4222 km² 193 km² 4415 km² 649.402 154 / km²
Anuradhapura Anuradhapura district.svg North Central Province Anuradhapura 6664 km² 515 km² 7179 km² 860.575 129 / km²
Badulla Badulla district.svg Uva Badulla 2827 km² 34 km² 2861 km² 815.405 288 / km²
Batticaloa Batticaloa district.svg Eastern Province Batticaloa 2610 km² 244 km² 2854 km² 526,567 202 / km²
Colombo Colombo district.svg Western province Colombo 676 km² 23 km² 699 km² 2,324,349 3438 / km²
bile Galle district.svg Southern province bile 1617 km² 35 km² 1652 km² 1,063,334 658 / km²
Gampaha Gampaha district.svg Western province Gampaha 1341 km² 46 km² 1387 km² 2,304,833 1719 / km²
Hambantota Hambantota district.svg Southern province Hambantota 2496 km² 113 km² 2609 km² 599.903 240 / km²
Jaffna Jaffna district.svg Northern Province Jaffna 929 km² 96 km² 1025 km² 583,882 629 / km²
Kalutara Kalutara district.svg Western province Kalutara 1576 km² 22 km² 1598 km² 1,221,948 775 / km²
Kandy Kandy district.svg Central Province Kandy 1917 km² 23 km² 1940 km² 1,375,382 716 / km²
Kegalle Kegalle district.svg Sabaragamuwa Kegalle 1685 km² 8 km² 1693 km² 840,648 499 / km²
Kilinochchi Kilinochchi district.svg Northern Province Kilinochchi 1205 km² 74 km² 1279 km² 113,510 94 / km²
Kurunegala Kurunegala district.svg Northwest Province Kurunegala 4624 km² 192 km² 4816 km² 1,618,465 350 / km²
Mannar Mannar district.svg Northern Province Mannar 1880 km² 116 km² 1996 km² 99,570 53 / km²
Matale Matale district.svg Central Province Matale 1952 km² 41 km² 1993 km² 484,531 248 / km²
Matara Matara district.svg Southern province Matara 1270 km² 13 km² 1283 km² 814.048 641 / km²
Monaragala Moneragala district.svg Uva Monaragala 5508 km² 131 km² 5639 km² 451.058 82 / km²
Mullaitivu Mullaitivu district.svg Northern Province Mullaitivu 2415 km² 202 km² 2617 km² 92,238 38 / km²
Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya district.svg Central Province Nuwara Eliya 1706 km² 35 km² 1741 km² 711,644 417 / km²
Polonnaruwa Polonnaruwa district.svg North Central Province Polonnaruwa 3077 km² 216 km² 3293 km² 406.088 132 / km²
Puttalam Puttalam district.svg Northwest Province Puttalam 2882 ​​km² 190 km² 3072 km² 762.396 265 / km²
Ratnapura Ratnapura district.svg Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura 3236 km² 39 km² 3275 km² 1,088,007 336 / km²
Trincomalee Trincomalee district.svg Eastern Province Trincomalee 2529 km² 198 km² 2727 km² 379,541 150 / km²
Vavuniya Vavuniya district.svg Northern Province Vavuniya 1861 km² 106 km² 1967 km² 172.115 92 / km²
total 62705 km² 2905 km² 65610 km² 20,359,439 325 / km²

Ethnic composition of the population

Population and ethnic composition according to the 2012 census
District Residents Singha-
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Sri Lankan
Tamils
Indian
Tamils
Moors Burgher Malay Chetty Baratha Other
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
Colombo 2,309,809 1,771,319 76.7 231,318 10.0 27,336 1.2 242,728 10.5 13,304 0.6 12,463 0.5 1.314 0.1 721 0.0 9,306 0.4
Gampaha 2,294,641 2,079,115 90.6 80,071 3.5 10,879 0.5 95.501 4.2 9,898 0.4 11,658 0.5 4,093 0.2 552 0.0 2,874 0.1
Kalutara 1,217,260 1,054,991 86.7 24,362 2.0 23,611 1.9 112.276 9.2 968 0.1 597 0.0 20th 0.0 44 0.0 391 0.0
Kandy 1,369,899 1,018,323 74.3 71,640 5.2 83.234 6.1 191.159 14.0 2,201 0.2 2,062 0.2 115 0.0 23 0.0 1,142 0.1
Matale 482.229 389.092 80.7 24,756 5.1 23,400 4.9 44.113 9.1 376 0.1 335 0.1 29 0.0 7th 0.0 121 0.0
Nuwara Eliya 706.588 279.784 39.6 31,867 4.5 375.795 53.2 17,422 2.5 770 0.1 492 0.1 49 0.0 10 0.0 399 0.1
bile 1,058,771 998.540 94.3 15,228 1.4 5,641 0.5 38,591 3.6 242 0.0 79 0.0 8th 0.0 10 0.0 432 0.0
Matara 809.344 763.121 94.3 8,562 1.1 11,984 1.5 25,300 3.1 177 0.0 54 0.0 3 0.0 3 0.0 140 0
Hambantota 596.617 579.032 97.1 2.111 0.4 136 0.0 6,556 1.1 138 0.0 8,210 1.4 7th 0.0 2 0.0 425 0.1
Jaffna 583,378 3,366 0.6 577.246 98.9 499 0.1 2.139 0.4 93 0.0 5 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 29 0.0
Mannar 99.051 1.961 2.0 80,568 81.3 394 0.4 16,087 16.2 19th 0.0 10 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 0.0
Vavuniya 171,511 17.191 10.0 141,269 82.4 1,292 0.8 11,700 6.8 15th 0.0 5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 39 0.0
Mullaitivu 91,947 8,851 9.6 79,081 86.0 2,182 2.4 1,760 1.9 21st 0.0 12 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 40 0.0
Kilinochchi 112,875 962 0.9 109,528 97.0 1,682 1.5 678 0.6 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0
Batticaloa 525.142 6.127 1.2 381.285 72.6 1,015 0.2 133,844 25.5 2,794 0.5 16 0.0 3 0.0 0 0.0 58 0.0
Ampara 648.057 251.018 38.7 112,750 17.4 165 0.0 282,484 43.6 849 0.1 176 0.0 4th 0.0 1 0.0 610 0.1
Trincomalee 378.182 101.991 27.0 115,549 30.6 6,531 1.7 152.854 40.4 815 0.2 364 0.1 14th 0.0 0 0.0 64 0.0
Kurunegala 1,610,299 1,471,339 91.4 18,763 1.2 3,582 0.2 113,560 7.1 711 0.0 1,083 0.1 92 0.0 28 0.0 1,141 0.1
Puttalam 759.776 559.031 73.6 47,523 6.3 2,503 0.3 146.820 19.3 1,481 0.2 592 0.1 187 0.0 206 0.0 1,433 0.2
Anuradhapura 856.232 778.131 90.9 5,065 0.6 957 0.1 70,248 8.2 187 0.0 158 0.0 17th 0.0 44 0.0 1,425 0.2
Polonnaruwa 403,335 365.476 90.6 7,356 1.8 1,190 0.3 29,060 7.2 86 0.0 46 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 119 0.0
Badulla 811.758 593.120 73.1 20,335 2.5 149,662 18.4 45,886 5.7 904 0.1 1,288 0.2 43 0.0 9 0.0 511 0.1
Moneragala 448.142 423.972 94.6 9,783 2.2 4,590 1.0 9,552 2.1 109 0.0 46 0.0 10 0.0 1 0.0 79 0.0
Ratnapura 1,082,277 942.244 87.1 54,658 5.1 62,595 5.8 21,550 2.0 325 0.0 270 0.0 28 0.0 22nd 0.0 585 0.1
Kegalle 836.603 715.723 85.6 20,250 2.4 41,468 5.0 57,952 6.9 577 0.1 168 0.0 37 0.0 4th 0.0 424 0.1

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c Table 1.1: Area of ​​Sri Lanka by province and (district) . In: Statistical Abstract 2014 . Department of Census and Statistics. Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka. 2012 - Table A1: Population by district. sex and sector . Department of Census & Statistics. Sri Lanka.
  3. based on the pure land area
  4. Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012. Deprtment of Census and Statistics, accessed on March 10, 2018 (English).