Ampara District
Administrative units
Ampara District is divided into 20 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent).

Ampara District

Section Title: Administrative units
Table Section Text: Ampara District is divided into 20 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent).

DS Division	Main Town	Divisional Secretary	GN Divisions	Area (km2)	Population (2012 Census)	Population Density (/km2)

Sri Lankan Moors	Sinhalese	Sri Lankan Tamil	Burgher	Other	Total

Addalaichchenai	Addalaichchenai	I. M. Haniffa	32	62	38,948	2,218	942	30	27	42,165

Akkaraipattu	Akkaraipattu	M. Y. Saleem	28	60	39,016	165	35	7	0	39,223

Alayadivembu	Alayadivembu	V. Jahadeesan	22	90	22	228	22,014	129	18	22,411

Ampara (Namal Oya)	Ampara	M. M. S. K. Bandara Mapa	22	174	133	43,177	172	45	193	43,720

Damana	Damana	S. K. Kulathunga Mudali	33	542	137	38,302	28	5	17	38,489

Dehiattakandiya	Dehiattakandiya	W. G. M.Hemantha Kumara	14	394	108	58,948	67	0	505	59,628

Irakkamam (Eragama)	Irakkamam	M. M. Nazeer	12	13,084	938	350	0	1	14,373

Kalmunai (Muslim)	Kalmunai	M M. Noufal	28	22	44,306	124	66	1	12	44,509

Kalmunai (Tamil)	Kalmunai	K. Lavanathan	29	2,376	231	26,564	490	52	29,713

Karaitivu	Karaitivu	S. Jegarajan	17	7	6,753	13	9,891	123	1	16,781

Lahugala	Lahugala	L. A. Somarathna	12	815	1	8,253	645	0	1	8,900

Maha Oya	Maha Oya	A. M. Wickramarachchi	17	667	42	20,655	15	2	1	20,715

Navithanveli	Navithanveli	S. Garan	20	6,399	153	12,101	9	10	18,672

Nintavur	Nintavur	R U. Abdul Jaleel	25	35	25,347	8	969	2	3	26,329

Padiyathalawa	Padiyathalawa	K. G. S. Nishantha	20	379	87	18,091	28	0	3	18,209

Pottuvil	Pottuvil	M. I. M. Thawfieek	27	265	27,213	881	6,581	3	71	34,749

Sainthamaruthu	Sainthamaruthu	A. L. Mohamed Saleem	17	6	25,389	5	17	0	1	25,412

Sammanthurai	Sammanthurai	A. Mansoor	51	229	53,114	297	7,178	1	6	60,596

Thirukkovil	Thirukkovil	M. Gopakaretnam	22	184	2	100	25,055	1	29	25,187

Uhana	Uhana	U. P. Indika Anurudda Piyadasa	59	485	7	58,231	32	1	5	58,276

Total	507	4,415	282,484	251,018	112,750	849	956	648,057	147

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Ampara District has an area of 4,415 square kilometers.

final_sentence: Ampara District has an area of 4,415 square kilometers.