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Ampara District was created in April 1961, [11] [12] followed by the creation of Mullaitivu and Gampaha districts in September 1978 [13] through a new constitution, which also reintroduced the province as the main administrative unit. [14] The last district to be created was Kilinochchi in February 1984, [15] and the current constitution (that ...
The newest district to be created was the Kilinochchi district in February 1984, [22] and the current constitution states that the territory of Sri Lanka consists of 25 administrative districts. These districts may be subdivided or amalgamated by a resolution of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. [23]
The short lived North Eastern Province. The number of provinces remained static until September 1988 when, in accordance with the Indo-Lanka Accord, President J. R. Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Northern and Eastern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the North Eastern Province. [12]
Polling divisions in Sri Lanka are subdivisions of the country's electoral districts. From the 1st parliamentary election in 1947 to the 8th in 1977, members were elected to the parliament using a first-past-the-post system from these polling divisions. This system changed in 1978. [1]
The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population over 50,000. Cities ... City Image DS Division District Province Population Area [1] Density ...
2,027 districts 561 cities and towns of federal subject significance: 416 Towns of district significance 767 urban-type settlements of district significance 15,002 selsoviets and equivalents: 3 federal cities [bq] Moscow: 12 administrative okrugs: 125 districts Settlements (poseleniy) [citation needed] St. Petersburg: 18 districts 81 okrugs
It is also one of the two districts of North Central Province and has an area of 3,293 km 2. [7] The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Polonnaruwa.
The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population between 5,000 and 50,000. Towns ... District Province Population Area [1] Density (/km 2) Co ...