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The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population of over 50,000.

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City Image DSDivision District Province Population Area[1] Density(/km²) Co-ordinates
Conurbation(2012 est)[2] Municipality(2012 census)[3] km² mi²
Colomboකොළඹ

கொழும்பு

  Colombo /

Thimbirigasyaya

Colombo Western 752,993 561,314 37 14 14 15,171 6°56′04″N 79°50′34″E / 6.93444°N 79.84278°E / 6.93444; 79.84278
Dehiwala-Mount Laviniaදෙහිවල-

ගල්කිස්ස தெஹிவளை- கல்கிசை

  Dehiwala Colombo Western 245,974 184,468 21 8 8 8,784 6°50′23″N 79°52′33″E / 6.83972°N 79.87583°E / 6.83972; 79.87583
Moratuwaමොරටුව

மொறட்டுவை

Moratuwa Colombo Western 207,755 168,280 23 9 9 7,317 6°47′57″N 79°52′36″E / 6.79917°N 79.87667°E / 6.79917; 79.87667
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotteශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර

කෝට්ටේ ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டை

  Kotte Colombo Western 135,806 107,925 17 7 7 6,349 6°54′39″N 79°53′16″E / 6.91083°N 79.88778°E / 6.91083; 79.88778
Dambullaදඹුල්ල

தம்பள்ளை

  Dambulla Matale Central 72,306 23,814 54 21 21 441 7°51′24″N 80°38′57″E / 7.85667°N 80.64917°E / 7.85667; 80.64917
Negomboමීගමුව

நீர்கொழும்பு

  Negombo Gampaha Western 127,754 142,449 31 12 12 4,595 7°13′00″N 79°50′00″E / 7.21667°N 79.83333°E / 7.21667; 79.83333
Kandyමහනුවර

கண்டி

  Kandy Kandy Central 125,351 98,828 27 10 10 3,660 7°17′47″N 80°38′06″E / 7.29639°N 80.63500°E / 7.29639; 80.63500
Kalmunaiකල්මුනේ

கல்முனை

  Kalmunai Muslim /

Kalmunai Tamil / Sainthamarathu

Ampara Eastern 106,783 99,893 23 9 9 4,343 7°25′00″N 81°49′00″E / 7.41667°N 81.81667°E / 7.41667; 81.81667
Vavuniyaවවුනියාව

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
Galleගාල්ල

காலி

  Galle Galle Southern 99,478 86,333 17 7 7 5,078 6°02′03″N 80°12′59″E / 6.03417°N 80.21639°E / 6.03417; 80.21639
Trincomaleeත්‍රිකුණාමලය

திருகோணமலை

  TrincomaleeTown andGravets Trincomalee Eastern 99,135 48,351 8°34′00″N 81°14′00″E / 8.56667°N 81.23333°E / 8.56667; 81.23333
Batticaloaමඩකලපුව

மட்டக்களப்பு

  Manmunai North Batticaloa Eastern 92,332 86,227 75 29 29 1,150 7°43′00″N 81°42′00″E / 7.71667°N 81.70000°E / 7.71667; 81.70000
Jaffnaයාපනය

யாழ்ப்பாணம்

  Jaffna /

Nallur

Jaffna Northern 88,138 80,829 20 8 8 4,041 9°40′00″N 80°00′00″E / 9.66667°N 80.00000°E / 9.66667; 80.00000
Mataleමාතලේ

மாத்தளை

  Matale Matale Central 78,864 38,299 25 10 10 4,051 7°28′7″N 80°37′22″E / 7.46861°N 80.62278°E / 7.46861; 80.62278
Katunayakeකටුනායක

கட்டுநாயகம்

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
Kolonnawaකොලොන්නාව

கொழுன்னை

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
Anuradhapuraඅනුරාධපුරය

அனுராதபுரம்

  Anuradhapura Anuradhapura North Central 63,208 50,595 36 14 14 1,405 8°21′00″N 80°23′00″E / 8.35000°N 80.38333°E / 8.35000; 80.38333
Ratnapuraරත්නපුර

இரத்தினபுரி

  Ratnapura Ratnapura Sabaragamuwa 52,170 47,105 20 8 8 2,474 6°40′00″N 80°24′00″E / 6.66667°N 80.40000°E / 6.66667; 80.40000

References

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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  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.
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