page_title: Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka
section_title: Districts
hierarchical_section_title: Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka / List of subdivisions / Districts
caption_attribution_description: Map of the divisional secretariats of Sri Lanka. Created by Rarelibra 22:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC) for public domain use, using MapInfo Professional v8.5 and various mapping resources.
context_page_description: Sri Lanka is divided into 9 provinces, which are further subdivided into 25 districts. Districts are further subdivided into mMunicipalities, of which are sorted into three categories. Each municipality is divided into wards and wards into Grama Niladhari divisions.
context_section_description: Districts are the second-level administrative divisions. There are 25 districts organized into 9 provinces. Each district is administered under a District Secretary, who is appointed by the central government. The main tasks of the District Secretariat involve coordinating communications and activities of the central government and Divisional Secretariats. The District Secretariat is also responsible for implementing and monitoring development projects at the district level and assisting lower-level subdivisions in their activities, as well as revenue collection and coordination of elections in the district. A district is divided into a number of Divisional Secretary's Divisions (commonly known as DS divisions), which are in turn subdivided into Grama Niladhari Divisions. There are 256 DS divisions in the country.
caption: A map of all Sri Lankan Provinces, Districts, and Divisional Secretary's Division.
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