Country Sri Lanka Time zone Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) Area 2,727 km² Area code 026 | Capital Trincomalee Post Codes 31000-31999 Province Eastern Province ISO 3166 code Sri Lanka | |
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DS Division List
Gomarankadawala
Kantalai
Kinniya
Kuchchaveli
Morawewa
Muttur
Padavi Siripura
Seruvila
Thampalakamam
Trincomalee Town & Gravets
Verugal & Eachchalampattu Area rank 11th (4.16% of total area) Points of interest Koneswaram temple, Fort Fredrick, Seruvila Mangala Raja Mah, Kanniya Hot Water Well, Hoods Tower Museum | ||
Trincomalee District (Tamil: திருகோணமலை மாவட்டம் Tirukŏṇamalai Māvaṭṭam; Sinhalese: ත්රිකුණාමළය 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 city of Trincomalee.
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Map of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Geography
Trincomalee District is located in the east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province. It has an area of 2,727 square kilometres (1,053 sq mi).
Administrative units
Trincomalee District is divided into 11 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 230 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).
Population
Trincomalee District's population was 378,182 in 2012.
The population of the district, like the rest of the east and north, has been heavily 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
Trincomalee District has 13 local authorities of which two are Urban Councils and the remaining 11 are Divisional Councils (Pradesha Sabhai or Pradeshiya Sabha).