Districts of Sri Lanka

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The provinces of Sri Lanka are divided into 25 districts (Sinhala: දිස්ත්‍රි‌ක්‌ක sing. දිස්ත්‍රික්කය). Each district is administered under a District Secretariat. The districts are listed below, by province:

The Districts are known in Sinhala as Disa. Originally a Disa (usually rendered into English as Dissavony) was a duchy, notably Matale and Uva. The Government Agent, who administers a district.

Each of the districts is divided into administrative sub-units known as 'Divisions. These were originally based on the feudal counties, the korales and ratas. They were formerly known as 'D.R.O. Divisions' after the 'Divisional Revenue Officer'. Later the D.R.O.s became 'Assistant Government Agents' and the Divisions were known as 'A.G.A. Divisions'. Currently, the Divisions are administered by a 'Divisional Secretary', and are known as a 'D.S. Divisions'. Rural D.S. Divisions are also administered by a 'Pradeshiya Sabha' (Sinhala for 'Regional Council'), which is elected.

Districts of Sri Lanka coloured by Proviences

[edit] Central Province

Districts of Central province
Districts of Central province

[edit] Eastern Province

[edit] North Central Province

Districts of North Central province
Districts of North Central province

[edit] Northern Province

Districts of North Eastern province before the de-merger.
Districts of North Eastern province before the de-merger.

[edit] North Western

Districts of North Western province
Districts of North Western province

[edit] Sabaragamuwa

Districts of Sabaragamuwa
Districts of Sabaragamuwa

[edit] Southern

Districts of Southern province
Districts of Southern province

[edit] Uva

Districts of Uva
Districts of Uva

[edit] Western

Districts of Western province
Districts of Western province

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