provinces

Provinces

Officially[1], Sri Lanka has nine provinces, seven of which have had provincial councils from the start[1].
Province name ↓ Capital ↓ Area
in km2 ↓ Population
2001 census[2]. ↓
Central Province Kandy 5,674 2,423,966
Eastern Province Trincomalee 9,951 1,310,000
North Central Province Anuradhapura 10,714 1,104,664
Northern Province Jaffna 8,882 1,040,963
North Western Province Kurunegala 7,812 2,169,892
Sabaragamuwa Province Ratnapura 4,902 1,801,331
Southern Province Galle 5,559 2,278,271
Uva Province Badulla 8,488 1,177,358
Western Province Colombo 3,709 5,381,197