page_title: Southern Province, Sri Lanka
section_title: Districts
hierarchical_section_title: Southern Province, Sri Lanka / Administrative divisions / Districts
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the districts of Southern province in Sri Lanka. Created by Rarelibra 12:58, 19 September 2006 (UTC) for public domain use, using MapInfo Professional v8.5 and various mapping resources.
context_page_description: The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. It is the 7th largest province by area and is home to 2.5 million people, the 3rd most populated province. The province is bordered by Sabaragamuwa Province and Uva Province to the North, Eastern Province to the Northeast, Western Province to the Northwest and the Indian Ocean to the South, West and East. The Province's capital is Galle.
  The Southern Province is a geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region. Government School education is primarily handled by the Southern Provincial Education Department.
caption: Districts of Southern province
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