Ampara District

**Ampara District** ( __; ) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. Districts are the second-level administrative divisions of the country. Ampara District is part of the Eastern Province. The capital of the district is the town of Ampara.

The district was separated from the southern part of Batticaloa District in April 1961.

## Geography

The Ampara District is in the southeast part of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province. It has an area of .

## Infobox (district)

- **name**: Ampara District
- **native name**:

- **settlement type**: Districts of Sri Lanka, Administrative District
- **image map1**: Sri Lanka Ampara District.png
- **map caption1**: Administrative units of Ampara District in 2006
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Sri Lanka
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of Sri Lanka, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern
- **established title**: Created
- **established date**: April 1961
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Ampara
- **parts type**: Divisional Secretary's Division, DS Division
- **parts style**: coll
- **p1**: Addalaichchenai Divisional Secretary's Division, Addalaichchenai
- **p2**: Akkaraipattu Divisional Secretary's Division, Akkaraipattu
- **p3**: Alayadivembu Divisional Secretary's Division, Alayadivembu
- **p4**: Ampara Divisional Secretary's Division, Ampara
- **p5**: Damana Divisional Secretary's Division, Damana
- **p6**: Dehiattakandiya Divisional Secretary's Division, Dehiattakandiya
- **p7**: Irakkamam Divisional Secretary's Division, Irakkamam
- **p8**: Kalmunai Divisional Secretary's Division, Kalmunai (Muslim)
- **p9**: Kalmunai (Tamil) Divisional Secretary's Division, Kalmunai (Tamil)
- **p10**: Karaitivu Divisional Secretary's Division, Karaitivu
- **p11**: Lahugala Divisional Secretary's Division, Lahugala
- **p12**: Maha Oya Divisional Secretary's Division, Maha Oya
- **p13**: Navithanveli Divisional Secretary's Division, Navithanveli
- **p14**: Nintavur Divisional Secretary's Division, Nintavur
- **p15**: Padiyathalawa Divisional Secretary's Division, Padiyathalawa
- **p16**: Pottuvil Divisional Secretary's Division, Pottuvil
- **p17**: Sainthamarathu Divisional Secretary's Division, Sainthamarathu
- **p18**: Samanthurai Divisional Secretary's Division, Samanthurai
- **p19**: Thirukkovil Divisional Secretary's Division, Thirukkovil
- **p20**: Uhana Divisional Secretary's Division, Uhana
- **leader title**: District Secretary
- **leader name**: Neel De Alwis
- **leader title1**: Parliament of Sri Lanka, MPs
- **leader title2**: Eastern Provincial Council, MPCs
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 4415
- **area land km2**: 4222
- **area water km2**: 193
- **area water percent**: 4.37
- **area rank**: 4th (6.73% of total area)
- **population total**: 648057
- **population rank**: 14th (3.20% of total pop.)
- **population as of**: 2012 census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Sri Lanka
- **utc offset1**: +05:30
- **postal code type**: Postal codes in Sri Lanka, Post Codes
- **postal code**: 32000-32999
- **area code type**: Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka, Telephone Codes
- **area code**: 063, 067
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:LK, LK-52
- **registration plate**: EP
- **blank name sec1**: Official Languages
- **blank info sec1**: Tamil language, Tamil, Sinhala language, Sinhala