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The Negombo Municipal Council is the local council for Negombo, the largest city in Gampaha district.The council was established under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1878 as a Local Board of Negombo and Gate Mudaliyar A. E. Rajapakse was the first Chairmen of the Urban District Council in 1922.
The Negombo Urban Council was offered Municipal status on 1 January 1950 under the municipal ordinance of 1865. The Negombo Municipal Council has governed the city with a mayor from the government, since 1950. Negombo's mayor and the council members are elected through the local government election held every five years.
Until 2017 municipal councils collectively governed 2,765,533 people within a 698 square kilometer area. There were 445 Councillors in total, ranging from 53 to 9 per council. [4] [5] The last council to be created was Polonnaruwa Municipal Council on 30 June 2017, bifurcated from Thamankaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha. [6]
Provincial council: 14 November 1987: Capital: Colombo: Largest City: Colombo: Major Cities: List * Gampaha * Negombo * Kalutara ... Colombo is the most populous city ...
Negombo Negombo Al Hilal Muslim Central College, Negombo 1AB 1707 Negombo Negombo Wijayaratnam Hindu Central College, Negombo 1AB 1450 Negombo Negombo St. Mary's College, Negombo: 1AB 2138 Negombo Negombo Kochchikade Maha Vidyalaya, Kochchikade 1AB 652 Negombo Ja Ela Nirmala Mariya Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Ja Ela 1AB 2558 Negombo Ja Ela
[14] [15] This was abolished by the Colebrook–Cameron reforms in 1833 and a legislative council was created, [16] making the island a politically and administratively single unit. Five provinces were created, later expanded into nine, and these were subdivided into twenty-one districts.
Negombo Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Western Province, Sri Lanka. References. Divisional Secretariats Portal This ...
Negombo Tamil dialect is spoken by about 50,000 people. This number does not include others, outside of Negombo city, who speak local varieties of the Tamil language. [134] The bilingual catholic Karavas are also found in the western coastal regions, who trace their origins to the Tamil Karaiyar however identify themselves as Sinhalese. [141]