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Sri Lanka

SRI LANKA

Complete Name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Native Name: Sri Lanka

ISO-Code: LKA

Capital: Colombo / Sri Jayawardenepura

 

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The districts of Sri Lanka as well as all cities (i.e. municipal councils and urban councils) of more than 20,000 inhabitants.

The northern and eastern districts (with a Tamil majority) were not or only partially enumerated during the 2001 census.

Show DiagramDistricts

 NameAbbr.CapitalA (kmē)Cf 1981-03-17Cf 2001-07-17Ep 2007-07-01
<AmparaAMPAmpara4,415388,970592,997615,000
<AnuradhapuraANUAnuradhapura7,179587,929745,693801,000
<BadullaBADBadulla2,861640,952779,983850,000
<BatticaloaBATBatticaloa2,854330,333486,447523,000
<ColomboCOLColombo6991,699,2412,251,2742,456,000
<GalleGALGalle1,652814,531990,4871,052,000
<GampahaGAMGampaha1,3871,390,8622,063,6842,140,000
<HambantotaHAMHambantota2,609424,344526,414552,000
<JaffnaJAFJaffna1,025738,788490,621599,000
<KalutaraKALKalutara1,598829,7041,066,2391,111,000
<KandyKANKandy1,9401,048,3171,279,0281,380,000
<KegallaKEGKegalla1,693684,944785,524802,000
<KilinochchiKILKilinochchi1,27991,764127,263146,000
<KurunegalaKURKurunegala4,8161,211,8011,460,2151,524,000
<Mannar MANMannar1,996106,235151,577101,000
<MataleMTLMatale1,993357,354441,328477,000
<MataraMTRMatara1,283643,786761,370813,000
<MoneragalaMONMoneragala5,639273,570397,375425,000
<MullaitivuMULMullaitivu2,61777,189121,667147,000
<Nuwara EliyaNUWNuwara Eliya1,741603,577703,610742,000
<PolonnaruwaPOLPolonnaruwa3,293261,563358,984395,000
<PuttalamPUTPuttalam3,072492,533709,677752,000
<RatnapuraRATRatnapura3,275797,0871,015,8071,086,000
<TrincomaleeTRITrincomalee2,727255,948340,158355,000
<VavuniyaVAVVavuniya1,96795,428149,835166,000
 Sri LankaLKAColombo65,61014,846,75018,797,25720,010,000

CitiesPrincipal Cities

 NameAdm.C Cf 2001-07-17
1ColomboCOL647,100
2Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaCOL210,546
3MoratuwaCOL177,563
4NegomboGAM121,701
5Sri JayawardenepuraCOL116,366
6KandyKAN109,343
7KalmunaiAMP94,579
8GalleGAL90,270
9BatticaloaBAT80,313

Show DiagramCities

 NameStatusAdm.C Cf 1981-03-17C Cf 2001-07-17C Ep 2007-07-01C Cp 2007-10-15
<AmbalangodaUCGAL15,56019,720......
<AmparaUCAMP16,21317,95718,67221,713
<AnuradhapuraMCANU35,98153,15181,522...
<AvissawellaUCCOL14,15021,597......
<BadullaMCBAD33,06841,00542,923...
<BatticaloaMCBAT42,96380,31381,67488,459
<BeruwalaUCKAL26,32033,053......
<ChavakachcheriUCJAF.........15,478
<ChilawUCPUT20,81024,105......
<ColomboMCCOL587,647647,100672,743...
<Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaMCCOL173,529210,546219,827...
<GalleMCGAL76,86390,27095,012...
<GampahaMCGAM10,65657,46159,738...
<GampolaUCKAN21,22424,283......
<HambantotaUCHAM8,57711,134......
<Ja-ElaUCGAM24,48530,910......
<JaffnaMCJAF118,224...151,61278,781
<Kalmunai (incl. Sainthamarathu)MCAMP22,82594,579106,35897,024
<KalutaraUCKAL31,50337,451......
<KandyMCKAN97,872109,343121,286...
<KattankudyUCBAT17,50034,74941,12639,523
<Katunayake (Seeduwa-Katunayake)UCGAM31,49173,316......
<KegallaUCKEG15,01617,13918,113...
<Kilinochchi KIL15,300.........
<KinniyaUCTRI.........35,645
<KolonnawaUCCOL41,00555,341......
<KurunegalaMCKUR26,19828,40130,324...
<Mannar MAN13,931.........
<MataleMCMTL29,75236,45136,989...
<MataraMCMTR38,84376,25474,297...
<Moneragala MON6,000.........
<MoratuwaMCCOL134,826177,563185,668...
<Mullaitivu MUL7,200.........
<NegomboMCGAM60,762121,701150,364...
<Nuwara EliyaMCNUW20,47125,38837,539...
<PanaduraUCKAL31,09033,432......
<PeliyagodaUCGAM25,46629,880......
<Point PedroUCJAF.........12,056
<Polonnaruwa POL11,800.........
<PuttalamUCPUT21,58641,761......
<RatnapuraMCRAT37,49746,18348,412...
<Sri Jayawardenepura (Kotte)MCCOL101,039116,366121,370...
<TrincomaleeUCTRI44,313......51,624
<ValvettituraiUCJAF.........6,617
<VavuniyaUCVAV18,51253,14352,487...
<Wattala-MabolaUCGAM20,00028,852......
<WeligamaUCMTR17,72021,783......