List of cities in Sri Lanka

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A city is not a well-defined legal division in the constitution of Sri Lanka. Cities in Sri Lanka are de facto referred to the Towns and Municipalities with a significant importance in economy, tourism or administration. However, "The State of Sri Lankan Cities Database" (SoSLC) has listed out a list of cities of Sri Lanka considering the report of State of Sri Lankan Cities 2018.

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Cities Listed by SoSLC

The list contains the cities governed by a Municipal Council or an Urban Council among the cities listed by the SoLC. The Cities Governed by a pradeshiya sabha are excluded here.

Settlements with a population greater than 50,000

CityImage DS
Division
District Province PopulationArea [1] Density
(/km²)
Co-
ordinates
Conurbation
(2012 est) [2]
Municipality
(2012 census) [3]
km²mi²
Colombo
කොළඹ
கொழும்பு
Colombo City, Sri Lanka.jpg Colombo /
Thimbirigasyaya
Colombo Western 752,993561,314371415,171 6°56′04″N79°50′34″E / 6.93444°N 79.84278°E / 6.93444; 79.84278
Dehiwala-
Mount Lavinia

දෙහිවල-
ගල්කිස්ස
தெஹிவளை-
கல்கிசை
Sri Lanka (560056969).jpg Dehiwala Colombo Western 245,974184,4682188,784 6°50′23″N79°52′33″E / 6.83972°N 79.87583°E / 6.83972; 79.87583
Moratuwa
මොරටුව
மொறட்டுவை
Moratuwa Colombo Western 207,755168,2802397,317 6°47′57″N79°52′36″E / 6.79917°N 79.87667°E / 6.79917; 79.87667
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර
කෝට්ටේ
ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம்
கோட்டை
Fountain at Diyatha Uyana.JPG Kotte Colombo Western 135,806107,9251776,349 6°54′39″N79°53′16″E / 6.91083°N 79.88778°E / 6.91083; 79.88778
Negombo
මීගමුව
நீர்கொழும்பு
Sri Lanka Negombo Dutch Channel.JPG Negombo Gampaha Western 127,754142,44931124,595 7°13′00″N79°50′00″E / 7.21667°N 79.83333°E / 7.21667; 79.83333
Kandy
මහනුවර
கண்டி
Kandy Lake (8).jpg Kandy Kandy Central 125,35198,82827103,660 7°17′47″N80°38′06″E / 7.29639°N 80.63500°E / 7.29639; 80.63500
Kalmunai
කල්මුනේ
கல்முனை
Kalmunai Paddy Fields.jpg Kalmunai Muslim /
Kalmunai Tamil /
Sainthamarathu
Ampara Eastern 106,78399,8932394,343 7°25′00″N81°49′00″E / 7.41667°N 81.81667°E / 7.41667; 81.81667
Vavuniya
වවුනියාව
வவுனியா
Vavuniya City.jpg Vavuniya Vavuniya Northern 99,65334,816 8°45′00″N80°29′00″E / 8.75000°N 80.48333°E / 8.75000; 80.48333
Galle
ගාල්ල
காலி
GALLE CRICKET GROUND SRI LANKA JAN 2013 (8580281360).jpg Galle Galle Southern 99,47886,3331775,078 6°02′03″N80°12′59″E / 6.03417°N 80.21639°E / 6.03417; 80.21639
Trincomalee
ත්‍රිකුණාමලය
திருகோணமலை
Samudragama vu de Koneshwarama.jpg Trincomalee
Town and
Gravets
Trincomalee Eastern 99,13548,351 8°34′00″N81°14′00″E / 8.56667°N 81.23333°E / 8.56667; 81.23333
Batticaloa
මඩකලපුව
மட்டக்களப்பு
Batticaloa landscape.JPG Manmunai North Batticaloa Eastern 92,33286,22775291,150 7°43′00″N81°42′00″E / 7.71667°N 81.70000°E / 7.71667; 81.70000
Jaffna
යාපනය
யாழ்ப்பாணம்
Jaffna.jpg Jaffna /
Nallur
Jaffna Northern 88,13880,8292084,041 9°40′00″N80°00′00″E / 9.66667°N 80.00000°E / 9.66667; 80.00000
Matale
මාතලේ
மாத்தளை
Matale city skyline.jpg Matale Matale Central 78,86438,29925104,051 7°28′7″N80°37′22″E / 7.46861°N 80.62278°E / 7.46861; 80.62278
Katunayake
කටුනායක
கட்டுநாயகம்
Katana Gampaha Western 76,81660,915212,794 7°10′00″N79°52′00″E / 7.16667°N 79.86667°E / 7.16667; 79.86667
Dambulla
දඹුල්ල
தம்பள்ளை
Dambulla, Sri Lanka - panoramio (59).jpg Dambulla Matale Central 72,30623,8145421441 7°51′24″N80°38′57″E / 7.85667°N 80.64917°E / 7.85667; 80.64917
Kolonnawa
කොලොන්නාව
கொழுன்னை
Kolonnawa Colombo Western 64,88760,044 6°55′00″N79°54′00″E / 6.91667°N 79.90000°E / 6.91667; 79.90000
Anuradhapura
අනුරාධපුරය
அனுராதபுரம்
Anuradhapura 02.jpg Anuradhapura Anuradhapura North Central 63,20850,59536141,405 8°21′00″N80°23′00″E / 8.35000°N 80.38333°E / 8.35000; 80.38333
Ratnapura
රත්නපුර
இரத்தினபுரி
Maha Saman Devalaya.jpg Ratnapura Ratnapura Sabaragamuwa 52,17047,1052082,474 6°40′00″N80°24′00″E / 6.66667°N 80.40000°E / 6.66667; 80.40000

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References

  1. "Table 15.1: Area, Population, Registered voters and Employees of Municipalities, 2015" (PDF). Statistics Statistical Abstract 2016. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  2. "Sri Lanka: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012.
  3. "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.