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Wattala Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Gampaha District, of Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is a thriving city with major infrastructure facilities available. Important landmarks in Wattala include St. Sebastian's Church, Enderamulla, St. Anne's Church, Wattala and Sri Sivasubranya Swamy Temple, Hekitta.
Divisional secretariats are the third-level administrative divisions of the country and there are currently [as of?] 331 divisional secretariats in Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] They were formerly known as D.R.O. divisions, after the divisional revenue officer.
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Dompe Divisional Secretariat is considered one of initial divisional secretariats, established in Sri Lanka. Formerly it was known as Weke Sub Secretarial Office from 1992. In 1996 the name of Weke was changed as Dompe Divisional Secretariat.
UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) Katana Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Gampaha District , of Western Province , Sri Lanka . Andiambalama, Kimbulapitiya, and Kowinna are notable municipalities within this divisional secretariat.
Gampaha District is located in the west of Sri Lanka and has an area of 1,387 square kilometres (536 sq mi). [1] It is bounded by Kurunegala and Puttalam districts from north, Kegalle District from east, Colombo District from south and by the Indian Ocean from west. [4]
The existing single-member, double-member and triple-member districts were replaced with multi-member electoral districts, similar to the existing administrative districts of Sri Lanka. [1] The remaining districts by 1989 continues to be a polling division of the current multi-member electoral districts.
Hundreds of thousands fled abroad from the Northern Province during the civil war. Tens of thousands also fled to other parts of Sri Lanka outside the conflict zone, particularly to the capital Colombo. As a consequence of all this the electoral register for the Northern Province was overstated for many years.