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) |
Co- ordinates | ||
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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 |
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 |
Moratuwa මොරටුව மொறட்டுவை | Moratuwa | Colombo | Western | 207,755 | 168,280 | 23 | 9 | 7,317 | 6°47′57″N 79°52′36″E | |
Sri Jayawardenapura 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 | |
Negombo මීගමුව நீர்கொழும்பு | Negombo | Gampaha | Western | 127,754 | 142,449 | 31 | 12 | 4,595 | 7°13′00″N 79°50′00″E | |
Kandy මහනුවර கண்டி | ![]() | Kandy | Kandy | Central | 125,351 | 98,828 | 27 | 10 | 3,660 | 7°17′47″N 80°38′06″E |
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 |
Vavuniya වවුනියාව வவுனியா | ![]() | Vavuniya | Vavuniya | Northern | 99,653 | 34,816 | 8°45′00″N 80°29′00″E | |||
Galle ගාල්ල காலி | ![]() | Galle | Galle | Southern | 99,478 | 86,333 | 17 | 7 | 5,078 | 6°02′03″N 80°12′59″E |
Trincomalee ත්රිකුණාමලය திருகோணமலை | ![]() | Trincomalee Town and Gravets | Trincomalee | Eastern | 99,135 | 48,351 | 8°34′00″N 81°14′00″E | |||
Batticaloa මඩකලපුව மட்டக்களப்பு | Manmunai North | Batticaloa | Eastern | 92,332 | 86,227 | 75 | 29 | 1,150 | 7°43′00″N 81°42′00″E | |
Jaffna යාපනය யாழ்ப்பாணம் | ![]() | Jaffna / Nallur | Jaffna | Northern | 88,138 | 80,829 | 20 | 8 | 4,041 | 9°40′00″N 80°00′00″E |
Katunayake කටුනායක கட்டுநாயக்க | Katana | Gampaha | Western | 76,816 | 60,915 | 7°10′00″N 79°52′00″E | ||||
Dambulla දඹුල්ල தம்புள்ளை | ![]() | Dambulla | Matale | Central | 68,821 | 23,814 | 54 | 21 | 441 | 7°51′24″N 80°38′57″E |
Kolonnawa කොලොන්නාව கொலன்னாவ | Kolonnawa | Colombo | Western | 64,887 | 60,044 | 6°55′00″N 79°54′00″E | ||||
Anuradhapura අනුරාධපුරය அனுராதபுரம் | ![]() | Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura | North Central | 63,208 | 50,595 | 36 | 14 | 1,405 | 8°21′00″N 80°23′00″E |
Ratnapura රත්නපුර இரத்தினபுரி | ![]() | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | Sabaragamuwa | 52,170 | 47,105 | 20 | 8 | 2,474 | 6°40′00″N 80°24′00″E |
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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