Matara District
Administrative District in Southern Province, Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Administrative District in Southern Province, Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matara (Sinhala: මාතර දිස්ත්රික්කය Mātara distrikkaya; Tamil: மாத்தறை மாவட்டம் Māttaṛai māvaṭṭam) is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka.
Matara District
මාතර දිස්ත්රික්කය மாத்தறை மாவட்டம் | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 6°10′N 80°30′E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Southern Province |
Largest City | Matara |
Divisions | List
|
Government | |
• District Secretary | Pradeep Ratnayaka |
• Local | |
Area | |
• Total | 1,282.5 km2 (495.2 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 809,344 |
• Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
ISO 3166 code | LK-32 |
Website | matara.dist.gov.lk/ |
Matara District is located in the south west of Sri Lanka and has an area of 1,282.5 square kilometres (495.2 sq mi).[2]
It is represented in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election by former Sri Lankan national cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya who stood for the United People's Freedom Alliance.
Matara District is divided into 16 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent).[3] The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 650 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions),[3] with 1,658 villages.
DS Division | Main town | Divisional Secretary | GN Divisions [3] |
Area (km2) [4] |
Population (2012 Census)[5] | Population density (/km2) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinhalese | Sri Lankan Moors | Sri Lankan Tamil | Indian Tamil | Other | Total | ||||||
Akuressa | Akuressa | Mr. O. V. Chandana Tilakerathne | 46 | 148.8 | 51,280 | 7 | 519 | 865 | 5 | 52,595 | 357 |
Athuraliya | Athuraliya | Mr. T. G. S. Sarath Kumara | 28 | 62.9 | 29,674 | 1,675 | 602 | 155 | 67 | 31,869 | 512 |
Devinuwara | Devinuwara | Mr. D. D. K. Wickramarachchi | 41 | 39.9 | 47,217 | 663 | 66 | 14 | 19 | 47,979 | 1,183 |
Dickwella | Dickwella | Mr. B. S. Ranjitha | 48 | 51.9 | 51,530 | 2,680 | 70 | 81 | 9 | 54,187 | 1,055 |
Hakmana | Hakmana | Mr. Kusalaka Nanayakkara | 34 | 47.7 | 30,465 | 977 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 31,892 | - |
Kamburupitiya | Kamburupitiya | Mrs. N. M. M. W. W. N. Herath Kumari | 39 | 60.9 | 40,738 | 10 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 39,438 | 676 |
Kirinda Puhuwella | Kirinda Puhuwella | Mr. Chinthaka Abeywickrama | 25 | 37.5 | 19,480 | 648 | 5 | - | 2 | 20,574 | 655 |
Kotapola | Kotapola | Mr. Ganesha Amarasinghe | 37 | 175.6 | 51,057 | 110 | 4,041 | 7,855 | 9 | 67,596 | 389 |
Malimbada | Malimbada | Mrs. Deepika Kumari Gunarathne | 66 | 44.7 | 34,180 | 476 | 51 | 21 | 7 | 33,289 | 753 |
Matara | Matara | Mr. Ranjith Yapa | 29 | 53.9 | 110,221 | 4,314 | 304 | 22 | 109 | 114,298 | 2,144 |
Mulatiyana | Mulatiyana | Mr. Susantha Attanayake | 48 | 115.2 | 49,689 | 1 | 192 | 61 | - | 48,645 | 427 |
Pasgoda | Pasgoda | Mrs. Nadeeka Kaushalya Kumari | 43 | 148.2 | 57,224 | 2 | 347 | 1,289 | 7 | 59,285 | 404 |
Pitabeddara | Pitabeddara | Mr. Ravindra Jayanath | 40 | 141.5 | 47,149 | 24 | 2,086 | 1,555 | 13 | 52,081 | 372 |
Thihagoda | Thihagoda | Mrs. K. P. C. N. Mahindagnana | 40 | 45.2 | 33,168 | 8 | 16 | - | 10 | 32,640 | 730 |
Weligama | Weligama | Mr. K. P. G. Sumith Shantha | 48 | 44.0 | 64,927 | 7,366 | 159 | 26 | 33 | 70,180 | 1,120 |
Welipitiya | Welipitiya | Mrs. Tushari Sooriyarachchi | 38 | 64.4 | 45,122 | 6,339 | 60 | 22 | 72 | 48,756 | 1,102 |
Total | 650 | 1,282.5 | 757,046 | 23,635 | 5,060 | 17,937 | 321 | 803,999 | 638 |
Matara District's population was 803,999 in 2012.[6] The majority of the population are Sinhalese, with a minority Sri Lankan Moor and Indian Tamil population.
Year | Sinhalese | Sri Lankan Moors | Sri Lankan Tamil | Indian Tamil | Other | Total No. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
2012 Census | 757,046 | 94.16% | 23,635 | 2.94% | 5,060 | 0.63% | 17,937 | 2.23% | 321 | 0.04% | 803,999 |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.