Administrative Divisions of Sri Lanka...

Sri Lanka is divided into nine provinces, which are the first administrative levels, and those nine provinces further divided into 25 districts.
The nine provinces are,

01. Western Province
02. Central Province
03. Southern Province
04. North - Central Province
05. Uva Province
06. Sabaragamuwa Province
07. Northern Province
08. North - Western Province
09. Eastern Province

 Each province then divided into districts. Districts under the provinces are like below.

Western Province


 1. Colombo District   2. Gampaha District  3. Kaluthara District







Central Province


 1. Kandy District   2. Matale District   3. Nuwara Eliya District

Southern Province


 1. Galle District   2. Matara District   3. Hambanthota District

North - Central Province


 1. Anuradhapura District   2. Polonnaruwa District

Uva Province


 1. Badulla District   2. Monaragala District

Sabaragamuwa Province


 1. Kegalle District   2. Rathnapura District

Northern Province


 1. Jaffna District   2. Mullaitivu District  3.  Kilinochchi District   4. Mannar District 
5. Vavuniya District

North - Western Province


 1. Kurunegala District   2. Puttalam District

Eastern Province


 1. Ampara District   2. Trincomalee District   3. Batticaloa District

 From the next article, I expand all the places that one can visit, in detail. Join with me...Let's travel in Sri Lanka...

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