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Ampara District is located in the south east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province.It has an area of 4,415 square kilometres (1,705 sq mi). [1] It is bounded by Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa districts from north, Indian Ocean from east, Hambantota District from south, Badulla and Matale districts from northwest and by the Monaragala District from west and southeast.
The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Ampara in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 436,148 registered electors in 2010. [2] The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 13 [4].
Ampara (Sinhala: අම්පාර, Tamil: அம்பாறை) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council. It is located in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, about 360 km (224 mi) east of Colombo and approximately 60 km (37 mi) south of Batticaloa.
The Ampara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (99.1%) . In comparison, the Ampara Electoral District (which contains the Ampara Polling Division) has a Moor plurality (43.4%), a significant Sinhalese population (38.9%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (17.3%) [1
Ampara Electoral District (Amparai Electoral District) was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ampara in Ampara District, Eastern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament.
Buildings and structures in Ampara District (5 C, 4 P) E. Economy of Ampara District (1 C, 1 P) Education in Ampara District (2 C, 1 P) G. Geography of Ampara ...
Pages in category "Towns in Ampara District" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Addalaichenai;
Pages in category "Villages in Ampara District" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. I. Irakkamam; K.