Area 4,415 km² ISO 3166 code Sri Lanka | Created April 1961 Time zone Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) | |
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DS Division ListAddalaichchenaiAkkaraipattuAlayadivembuAmparaDamanaDehiattakandiyaIrakkamamKalmunai (Muslim)Kalmunai (Tamil)KaraitivuLahugalaMaha OyaNavithanveliNintavurPadiyathalawaPottuvilSainthamarathuSamanthuraiThirukkovilUhana Area rank 4th (6.73% of total area) University South Eastern University of Sri Lanka Points of interest Magul Maha Viharaya, Arugam Bay, Muhudu Maha Viharaya, Whiskey Point, Oluvil Harbour Destinations | ||
Hennaanigala cave vihala mahaoya ampara district sri lanka
Ampara District (Tamil: அம்பாறை மாவட்டம் Ampāṟai Māvaṭṭam; Sinhalese: අම්පාර දිස්ත්රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. 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 town of Ampara. The district was carved out of the southern part of Batticaloa District in April 1961.
Contents
- Hennaanigala cave vihala mahaoya ampara district sri lanka
- Map of Ampara Sri Lanka
- Geography
- Population
- Local government
- Administrative units
- References
Map of Ampara, Sri Lanka
Geography
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).
Population
Ampara District's population was 648,057 in 2012. The district is one of the most diverse in Sri Lanka, both ethnically and religiously.
The population of the district, like the rest of the east and north, was affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to the West during the war. Many Sri Lankan Tamils also moved to the relative safety of the capital Colombo. The war also caused many people from all ethnic and religious groups who lived in the district to flee to other parts of Sri Lanka, though most of them have returned to the district since the end of the civil war.
Local government
Ampara District has 20 local authorities of which two are Municipal Councils, one is an Urban Council and the remaining 17 are Divisional Councils (Pradesha Sabhai or Pradeshiya Sabha).
Administrative units
Ampara District is divided into 20 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent). The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 507 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).