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List of cities in Sri Lanka
Last updated
August 12, 2025
The following is a list of
settlements
in
Sri Lanka
with a population over 50,000.
Contents
Cities
References
External links
Cities
City
Image
DS
Division
District
Province
Population
Area
[
1
]
Density
(/km
2
)
Coordinates
Conurbation
(2012 est)
[
2
]
Municipality
(2012 census)
[
3
]
km
2
mi
2
Colombo
කොළඹ
கொழும்பு
Colombo
/
Thimbirigasyaya
Colombo
Western
752,993
561,314
37
14
15,171
6°56′04″N
79°50′34″E
/
6.93444°N 79.84278°E
/
6.93444; 79.84278
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
/
6.83972°N 79.87583°E
/
6.83972; 79.87583
Moratuwa
මොරටුව
மொறட்டுவை
Moratuwa
Colombo
Western
207,755
168,280
23
9
7,317
6°47′57″N
79°52′36″E
/
6.79917°N 79.87667°E
/
6.79917; 79.87667
Sri Jayawardenepura 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
/
6.91083°N 79.88778°E
/
6.91083; 79.88778
Negombo
මීගමුව
நீர்கொழும்பு
Negombo
Gampaha
Western
127,754
142,449
31
12
4,595
7°13′00″N
79°50′00″E
/
7.21667°N 79.83333°E
/
7.21667; 79.83333
Kandy
මහනුවර
கண்டி
Kandy
Kandy
Central
125,351
98,828
27
10
3,660
7°17′47″N
80°38′06″E
/
7.29639°N 80.63500°E
/
7.29639; 80.63500
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
/
7.41667°N 81.81667°E
/
7.41667; 81.81667
Vavuniya
වවුනියාව
வவுனியா
Vavuniya
Vavuniya
Northern
99,653
34,816
8°45′00″N
80°29′00″E
/
8.75000°N 80.48333°E
/
8.75000; 80.48333
Galle
ගාල්ල
காலி
Galle
Galle
Southern
99,478
86,333
17
7
5,078
6°02′03″N
80°12′59″E
/
6.03417°N 80.21639°E
/
6.03417; 80.21639
Trincomalee
ත්රිකුණාමලය
திருகோணமலை
Trincomalee
Town and
Gravets
Trincomalee
Eastern
99,135
48,351
8°34′00″N
81°14′00″E
/
8.56667°N 81.23333°E
/
8.56667; 81.23333
Batticaloa
මඩකලපුව
மட்டக்களப்பு
Manmunai North
Batticaloa
Eastern
92,332
86,227
75
29
1,150
7°43′00″N
81°42′00″E
/
7.71667°N 81.70000°E
/
7.71667; 81.70000
Jaffna
යාපනය
யாழ்ப்பாணம்
Jaffna
/
Nallur
Jaffna
Northern
88,138
80,829
20
8
4,041
9°40′00″N
80°00′00″E
/
9.66667°N 80.00000°E
/
9.66667; 80.00000
Kurunegala
කුරුණෑගල
குருணாகல்
Kurunegala
Kurunegala
North Western Province
132,000
43,128
17
7
4,051
7°29′00″N
80°22′00″E
/
7.48333°N 80.36667°E
/
7.48333; 80.36667
Matale
මාතලේ
மாத்தளை
Matale
Matale
Central
78,864
38,299
25
10
4,051
7°28′7″N
80°37′22″E
/
7.46861°N 80.62278°E
/
7.46861; 80.62278
Katunayake
කටුනායක
கட்டுநாயக்கா
Katana
Gampaha
Western
76,816
60,915
21
2,794
7°10′00″N
79°52′00″E
/
7.16667°N 79.86667°E
/
7.16667; 79.86667
Dambulla
දඹුල්ල
தம்புள்ளை
Dambulla
Matale
Central
72,306
23,814
54
21
441
7°51′24″N
80°38′57″E
/
7.85667°N 80.64917°E
/
7.85667; 80.64917
Kolonnawa
කොලොන්නාව
கொலன்னாவ
Kolonnawa
Colombo
Western
64,887
60,044
6°55′00″N
79°54′00″E
/
6.91667°N 79.90000°E
/
6.91667; 79.90000
Anuradhapura
අනුරාධපුරය
அனுராதபுரம்
Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura
North Central
63,208
50,595
36
14
1,405
8°21′00″N
80°23′00″E
/
8.35000°N 80.38333°E
/
8.35000; 80.38333
Ratnapura
රත්නපුර
இரத்தினபுரி
Ratnapura
Ratnapura
Sabaragamuwa
52,170
47,105
20
8
2,474
6°40′00″N
80°24′00″E
/
6.66667°N 80.40000°E
/
6.66667; 80.40000
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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