Districts of Sri Lanka

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The provinces of Sri Lanka are divided into 25 districts (Sinhala: දිස්ත්‍රි‌ක්‌ක sing. දිස්ත්‍රික්කය). Each district is administered under a District Secretariat. The districts are listed below, by province:

The Districts are known in Sinhala as Disa. Originally a Disa (usually rendered into English as Dissavony) was a duchy, notably Matale and Uva. The Government Agent, who administers a district.

Each of the districts is divided into administrative sub-units known as 'Divisions. These were originally based on the feudal counties, the korales and ratas. They were formerly known as 'D.R.O. Divisions' after the 'Divisional Revenue Officer'. Later the D.R.O.s became 'Assistant Government Agents' and the Divisions were known as 'A.G.A. Divisions'. Currently, the Divisions are administered by a 'Divisional Secretary', and are known as a 'D.S. Divisions'. Rural D.S. Divisions are also administered by a 'Pradeshiya Sabha' (Sinhala for 'Regional Council'), which is elected.

[edit] Central Province

• Kandy District 2,365 km²
• Matale District 1,987 km²
• Nuwara Eliya District 1,228 km²

[edit] Eastern Province

• Ampara District 2,984 km²
• Batticaloa District 2,463 km²
• Trincomalee District 2,616 km²

[edit] North Central Province

• Anuradhapura District 7,128 km²
• Polonnaruwa District 3,403 km²

[edit] Northern Province

• Jaffna District 1,114 km²
• Kilinochchi District 1,171 km²
• Mannar District 1,963 km²
• Mullaitivu District 1,580 km²
• Vavuniya District 2,642 km²

[edit] North Western

• Kurunegala District 4,771 km²
• Puttalam District 2,976 km²

[edit] Sabaragamuwa

• Kegalle District 1,663 km²
• Ratnapura District 3,237 km²

[edit] Southern

• Galle District 1,673 km²
• Hambantota District 2,593 km²
• Matara District 1,246 km²

[edit] Uva

• Badulla District 2,818 km²
• Bandarawela District
• Moneragala District 7,133 km²

[edit] Western

• Colombo District 642 km²
• Gampaha District 1,393 km²
• Kalutara District 1,606 km²

[edit] Maps

• Searchable Map of Sri Lanka

[edit] See also

• Provinces of Sri Lanka

[edit] External links

• Provinces of Sri Lanka at statoids.com

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