List of cities in Sri Lanka

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

Cities

City	Image	DS Division	District	Province	Population		Area^[1]		Density (/km²)	Coordinates
City	Image	DS Division	District	Province	Conurbation (2012 est)^[2]	Municipality (2012 census)^[3]	km²	mi²	Density (/km²)	Coordinates
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
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 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
Dambulla දඹුල්ල தம்பள்ளை		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 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
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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