Districts of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, districts (, ) are the second-level administrative divisions. The first level are the provinces. Each province contains a number of districts. There are 25 districts in the country. They are organized into 9 provinces. Each district is administered under a District Secretary. Secretaries are appointed by the central government.

Districts
All population numbers are from the most recent census of Sri Lanka, in 2012. Population density has been calculated using the land area rather than the total area (total area would have included the area of rivers and lakes).

District Area mapProvinceDistrictcapitalLandareain km2 (mi2)Inlandwaterareain km2 (mi2)Totalareain km2 (mi2)Population(2012)Populationdensityper km2(per mi2)Ampara100px|alt=Area map of Ampara District, located along the east by south and south east coast and projecting into the interior of the country at the northern border, in the Eastern Province of Sri LankaEasternAmpara    648,057 Anuradhapura100px|alt=Area map of Anuradhapura District, located somewhat to the north of the centre of the country, in the North Central Province of Sri LankaNorth CentralAnuradhapura    856,232 Badulla100px|alt=Area map of Badulla District which has its northern border near the centre of the country and extends to the south, located in the Uva Province of Sri LankaUvaBadulla    811,758 Batticaloa100px|alt=Area map of Batticaloa District, located along the east by north coast, in the Eastern Province of Sri LankaEasternBatticaloa    525,142 Colombo100px|alt=Area map of Colombo District, roughly rectangular in shape and extending inwards from the west south west coast in the Western Province of Sri LankaWesternColombo    2,309,809 Galle100px|alt=Area map of Galle District, converging inwards from the south west coast, in the Southern Province of Sri LankaSouthernGalle   	 1,058,771 Gampaha100px|alt=Area map of Gampaha District, extending inwards from the west by south west coast in a rough square shape, in the Western Province of Sri LankaWesternGampaha   	 2,294,641 Hambantota100px|alt=Area map of Hambantota District, lying along the coast from south to south east, in the Southern Province of Sri LankaSouthernHambantota    596,617 Jaffna100px|alt=Area map of Jaffna District, in the peninsula to the north, in the Northern Province of Sri LankaNorthernJaffna   	 583,378 Kalutara100px|alt=Area map of Kalutara District, extending inwards from the south west by west coast, in the Western Province of Sri LankaWesternKalutara    1,217,260 Kandy100px|alt=Area map of Kandy District, at the centre of the country with its south western boundary extending to the south, in the Central Province of Sri LankaCentralKandy    1,369,899 Kegalle100px|alt=Area map of Kegalle District, roughly oval in shape is located to the south east of the centre of the country, in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri LankaSabaragamuwaKegalle    836,603 Kilinochchi100px|alt=Area map of Kilinochchi District, along the northern coast of the mainland and south of the Jaffna peninsula, in the Northern Province of Sri LankaNorthernKilinochchi    112,875 Kurunegala100px|alt=Area map of Kurunegala District, to the west of the centre of the country with its northern border extending towards the north west, in the North Western Province of Sri LankaNorth WesternKurunegala    1,610,299 Mannar100px|alt=Area map of Mannar District, along the north western coast with eastern border extending towards the interior, also including a large island roughly oval in shape, in the Northern Province of Sri LankaNorthernMannar   	 99,051 Matale100px|alt=Area map of Matale District, located immediately north of the middle of the country, roughly the shape of a letter "C" and located in the Central Province of Sri LankaCentralMatale    482,229 Matara100px|alt=Area map of Matara District, roughly rectangular in shape and extending inwards from the southern coast, in the Southern Province of Sri LankaSouthernMatara   	 809,344 Monaragala100px|alt=Area map of Moneragala District, located east of the centre of the country, has its south eat border extending towards the west, in the Uva Province of Sri LankaUvaMonaragala    448,142 Mullaitivu100px|alt=Area map of Mullaitivu District, extending to the west from the north by east coast in the Northern Province of Sri LankaNorthernMullaitivu   	 91,947 Nuwara Eliya100px|alt=Area map of Nuwara Eliya District, located immediately south of the middle of the country and running roughly south west to north east, in the Central Province of Sri LankaCentralNuwara Eliya   	 706,588 Polonnaruwa100px|alt=Area map of Polonnaruwa District, roughly square in shape, located at the middle from north east of the centre of the country and south west of the north eastern coast, in the North Central Province of Sri LankaNorth CentralPolonnaruwa   	 403,335 Puttalam100px|alt=Area map of Puttalam District, lying along the western coast, in the North Western Province of Sri LankaNorth WesternPuttalam    759,776 Ratnapura100px|alt=Area map of Ratnapura District, some distance from the south western coast with its western and southern borders converging towards the north west, in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri LankaSabaragamuwaRatnapura   	 1,082,277 Trincomalee100px|alt=Area map of Trincomalee District, along the north eastern coast with its south western border extending inwards, in the Eastern Province of Sri LankaEasternTrincomalee    378,182 Vavuniya100px|Area map of Vavuniya District, located in the middle of the northern half of the country, running roughly in a south west—north east direction, in the Northern Province of Sri LankaNorthernVavuniya    171,511 Total    20,263,723 

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