List of cities in Sri Lanka
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 (/km2) | Coordinates | ||
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Conurbation (2012 est)[2] | Municipality (2012 census)[3] | km2 | mi2 | |||||||
Colombo කොළඹ கொழும்பு | Colombo / Thimbirigasyaya | Colombo | Western | 752,993 | 561,314 | 37 | 14 | 15,171 | 6°56′04″N 79°50′34″E / 6.93444°N 79.84278°E / 6.93444; 79.84278 | |
Dehiwala- Mount Lavinia දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை | Dehiwala | Colombo | Western | 245,974 | 184,468 | 21 | 8 | 8,784 | 6°50′23″N 79°52′33″E / 6.83972°N 79.87583°E / 6.83972; 79.87583 | |
Moratuwa මොරටුව மொறட்டுவை | Moratuwa | Colombo | Western | 207,755 | 168,280 | 23 | 9 | 7,317 | 6°47′57″N 79°52′36″E / 6.79917°N 79.87667°E / 6.79917; 79.87667 | |
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டை | Kotte | Colombo | Western | 135,806 | 107,925 | 17 | 7 | 6,349 | 6°54′39″N 79°53′16″E / 6.91083°N 79.88778°E / 6.91083; 79.88778 | |
Negombo මීගමුව நீர்கொழும்பு | Negombo | Gampaha | Western | 127,754 | 142,449 | 31 | 12 | 4,595 | 7°13′00″N 79°50′00″E / 7.21667°N 79.83333°E / 7.21667; 79.83333 | |
Kandy මහනුවර கண்டி | Kandy | Kandy | Central | 125,351 | 98,828 | 27 | 10 | 3,660 | 7°17′47″N 80°38′06″E / 7.29639°N 80.63500°E / 7.29639; 80.63500 | |
Kalmunai කල්මුනේ கல்முனை | Kalmunai Muslim / Kalmunai Tamil / Sainthamarathu | Ampara | Eastern | 106,783 | 99,893 | 23 | 9 | 4,343 | 7°25′00″N 81°49′00″E / 7.41667°N 81.81667°E / 7.41667; 81.81667 | |
Vavuniya වවුනියාව வவுனியா | Vavuniya | Vavuniya | Northern | 99,653 | 34,816 | 8°45′00″N 80°29′00″E / 8.75000°N 80.48333°E / 8.75000; 80.48333 | ||||
Galle ගාල්ල காலி | Galle | Galle | Southern | 99,478 | 86,333 | 17 | 7 | 5,078 | 6°02′03″N 80°12′59″E / 6.03417°N 80.21639°E / 6.03417; 80.21639 | |
Trincomalee ත්රිකුණාමලය திருகோணமலை | Trincomalee Town and Gravets | Trincomalee | Eastern | 99,135 | 48,351 | 8°34′00″N 81°14′00″E / 8.56667°N 81.23333°E / 8.56667; 81.23333 | ||||
Batticaloa මඩකලපුව மட்டக்களப்பு | Manmunai North | Batticaloa | Eastern | 92,332 | 86,227 | 75 | 29 | 1,150 | 7°43′00″N 81°42′00″E / 7.71667°N 81.70000°E / 7.71667; 81.70000 | |
Jaffna යාපනය யாழ்ப்பாணம் | Jaffna / Nallur | Jaffna | Northern | 88,138 | 80,829 | 20 | 8 | 4,041 | 9°40′00″N 80°00′00″E / 9.66667°N 80.00000°E / 9.66667; 80.00000 | |
Matale මාතලේ மாத்தளை | Matale | Matale | Central | 78,864 | 38,299 | 25 | 10 | 4,051 | 7°28′7″N 80°37′22″E / 7.46861°N 80.62278°E / 7.46861; 80.62278 | |
Katunayake කටුනායක கட்டுநாயகம் | Katana | Gampaha | Western | 76,816 | 60,915 | 21 | 2,794 | 7°10′00″N 79°52′00″E / 7.16667°N 79.86667°E / 7.16667; 79.86667 | ||
Dambulla දඹුල්ල தம்பள்ளை | Dambulla | Matale | Central | 72,306 | 23,814 | 54 | 21 | 441 | 7°51′24″N 80°38′57″E / 7.85667°N 80.64917°E / 7.85667; 80.64917 | |
Kolonnawa කොලොන්නාව கொழுன்னை | Kolonnawa | Colombo | Western | 64,887 | 60,044 | 6°55′00″N 79°54′00″E / 6.91667°N 79.90000°E / 6.91667; 79.90000 | ||||
Anuradhapura අනුරාධපුරය அனுராதபுரம் | Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura | North Central | 63,208 | 50,595 | 36 | 14 | 1,405 | 8°21′00″N 80°23′00″E / 8.35000°N 80.38333°E / 8.35000; 80.38333 | |
Ratnapura රත්නපුර இரத்தினபுரி | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | Sabaragamuwa | 52,170 | 47,105 | 20 | 8 | 2,474 | 6°40′00″N 80°24′00″E / 6.66667°N 80.40000°E / 6.66667; 80.40000 |
References
- ^ "Table 15.1: Area, Population, Registered voters and Employees of Municipalities, 2015" (PDF). Statistics Statistical Abstract 2016. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Sri Lanka: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Table 2.4: Population of Municipal Councils and urban councils by sex, Census, 2012" (PDF). Statistics Statistical Abstract 2016. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
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