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Table 1.1: Area of Sri Lanka by province and district
(jrA. lsf,da ¢grA rJuf; fp.kPw;wh; Square kilometres)

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m<d;- os i a ; % s la lh khfhzk; / Province nkhj;jk; epyk; cs;ehl;L ePh; epiyfs;
khtl;lk; / District Total Land Inland waters
Y%S ,xldj ,yq;if Sri Lanka 65,610 62,705 2,905
niakdysr m<d; Nky; khfhzk; Western Province 3,684 3,593 91
fld<U nfhOk;G Colombo 699 676 23
.uzmy fk;g`h Gampaha 1,387 1,341 46
lR;r fSj;Jiw Kalutara 1,598 1,576 22
uOHu m<d; kj;jpa khfhzk; Central Province 5,674 5,575 99
uykqjr fz;b Kandy 1,940 1,917 23
ud;f,a khj;jis Matale 1,993 1,952 41
kqjr t<sh Etnuypah Nuwara Eliya 1,741 1,706 35
ol+Kq m<d; njd; khfhzk; Southern Province 5,544 5,383 161
.d,a, fhyp Galle 1,652 1,617 35
ud;r khj;jiw Matara 1,283 1,270 13
yuznkaf;dg mk;ghe;Njhl;il Hambantota 2,609 2,496 113
W;+r e m<d; tl khfhzk; Northern Province 8,884 8,290 594
hdmkh aho;g;ghzk; Jaffna 1,025 929 96
ls,sfkdÂÃh fpspnehr;;rp Kilinochchi 1,279 1,205 74
ukakdru kd;dhh; Mannar 1,996 1,880 116
jjqkshdj tTdpah Vavuniya 1,967 1,861 106
uq,;sjz Ky;iyj;jPT Mullaitivu 2,617 2,415 202
kef.kysr m<d; fpof;F khfhzk; Eastern Province 9,996 9,361 635
uvl,mqj kl;lf;fsg;G Batticaloa 2,854 2,610 244
wuzmdr mk;ghiw Ampara 4,415 4,222 193
;%Sl+Kdu,h jpUNfhzkiy Trincomalee 2,727 2,529 198
jhU m<d; tl Nky; khfhzk; North-Western Province 7,888 7,506 382
l=reKE., FUdhfy; Kurunegala 4,816 4,624 192
mq;a;,u Gj;jsk; Puttalam 3,072 2,882 190
W;+r e ueo m<d; tlkj;jpa khfhzk; North Central Province 10,472 9,741 731
wkqrdOmqrh mEuhjGuk; Anuradhapura 7,179 6,664 515
fmdf<dkakrej nghydWit Polonnaruwa 3,293 3,077 216
W!j m<d; Cth khfhzk; Uva Province 8,500 8,335 165
n[q,a, gJis Badulla 2,861 2,827 34
fudKrd., nkhdwhfiy Moneragala 5,639 5,508 131
inr.uqj m<d; rg;ufKt khfhzk; Sabaragamuwa Province 4,968 4,921 47
r;akmqrh ,uj;jpdGup Ratnapura 3,275 3,236 39
lE.,a, Nffhiy Kegalle 1,693 1,685 8
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Source - Survey Department