Urban councils of Sri Lanka

There are 41 Urban councils in Sri Lanka, which are the legislative bodies that preside over the second tier municipalities in the country.^[1]^[2] Introduced in 1987 through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, Urban councils became a devolved subject under the Provincial Councils in the Local Government system of Sri Lanka.^[3] The Urban councils collectively govern approximately 1,388,000 people. There are 417 Councillors in total, ranging from 22 to 7 per council.^[4]^[5]

Urban councils

Current

Province	District		Urban council		Municipality	Established/ Elevated	No. of Councillors		Area (km²) ^{[N 1]}^[4]	Population (2012)^[6]	Website
Western	1	Colombo	1	Kolonnawa	Kolonnawa		11	(List)		60,044
			2	Seethawakapura	Seethawakapura		11	(List)		30,308	seethawakapura.uc.gov.lk
			3	Maharagama	Maharagama		22	Tiraj Piyaratne (List)		196,423	maharagama.uc.gov.lk
			4	Boralesgamuwa	Boralesgamuwa		9	(List)		60,110
			5	Kesbewa	Kesbewa		17	Lakshman Perera (List)		185,122	kesbewa.uc.gov.lk
	2	Gampaha	6	Wattala-Mabola	Mabola		9	(List)		28,031
			7	Peliyagoda	Peliyagoda		9	(List)		27,736
			8	Katunayake-Seeduwa	Katunayake-Seeduwa		9	(List)		60,915
			9	Minuwangoda	Minuwangoda		11	(List)		7,523
			10	Ja-Ela	Ja-Ela		9	Shammika Dias (List)		31,232
	3	Kalutara	11	Panadura	Panadura		9	(List)		30,069
			12	Horana	Horana		9	(List)		9,550
			13	Kalutara	Kalutara	1923	11	Deshakeerthi Al Haj M. M. M. Jauffer (List)		32,417
			14	Beruwala	Beruwala		9	Alhaj Mazahim Mohamed (List)		37,793
North Western	4	Kurunegala	15	Kuliyapitiya	Kuliyapitiya		9	(List)		5,509
	5	Puttalam	16	Puttalam	Puttalam		9	K. A. Baiz (List)		45,511	puttalamuc.com
	5	Puttalam	17	Chilaw	Chilaw		11	(List)		21,441
Central	6	Kandy	18	Wattegama	Wattegama		9	(List)		8,157
			19	Kadugannawa	Kadugannawa		11	(List)		12,654
			20	Gampola	Gampola		15	(List)		37,871
			21	Nawalapitiya	Nawalapitiya		9	(List)		13,338
	7	Nuwara Eliya	22	Hatton-Dickoya	Hatton-Dickoya		9	(List)		14,585
	7	Nuwara Eliya	23	Talawakele-Lindula	Talawakele-Lindula	1948	9	Asoka Sepala (List)		4,691	talawakelle-lindula.uc.gov.lk
Uva	8	Badulla	24	Haputale	Haputale		9	(List)		5,288
Southern	9	Galle	25	Ambalangoda	Ambalangoda		12	M. W. Aruna Pradeep (List)	20	19,990	ambalangoda.uc.gov.lk
	9	Galle	26	Hikkaduwa	Hikkaduwa		11	Vinie Kariyawasam (List)		27,075
	10	Matara	27	Weligama	Weligama		10	Rehan Jayawickreme (SJB)		22,377
	11	Hambantota	28	Tangalle	Tangalle		9	Anil Sellahendi (List)		8,473
Sabaragamuwa	12	Ratnapura	29	Balangoda	Balangoda		9	(List)		16,510	balangoda.uc.gov.lk
	12	Ratnapura	30	Embilipitiya	Embilipitiya	2006	7	Wewelduwe Gnanapraba Thero (List)		36,712	embilipitiya.uc.gov.lk
	13	Kegalle	31	Kegalle	Kegalle		11	(List)		15,993
Northern	14	Jaffna	32	Point Pedro	Point Pedro		9	Sabanayagam Raveenthiran (List)		12,334
			33	Valvettithurai	Valvettithurai		9	Nadarajah Anantharaj (List)		8,283
			34	Chavakachcheri	Chavakachcheri		11	Rapiyel Thevasagayampillai (List)		16,129
	15	Mannar	35	Mannar	Mannar	2006	7	Santhanpillai Gnanaprgasam (List)		24,417
	16	Vavuniya	36	Vavuniya	Vavuniya		11	Iyaththurai Kanagiah (List)		34,816
Eastern	17	Batticaloa	37	Kattankudi	Kattankudi		9	Asfar Mohamed Shahul Hameed (List)		40,356	kattankudy.uc.gov.lk
	17	Batticaloa	38	Eravur	Eravur	2011	9	Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (List)		24,643
	18	Ampara	39	Ampara	Ampara		9	Indika Naleen Jayavikrama (List)		22,511
	19	Trincomalee	40	Trincomalee	Trincomalee	1940	12	Kanthasamy Selvarajah (List)		48,351
	19	Trincomalee	41	Kinniya	Kinniya	2006	7	Mohamad Maharoof Hilmi (List)		36,772

Former

Elevated to Municipal council status in 1959

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Urban Council

Elevated to Municipal council status in 1997

Elevated to Municipal council status in 2011

Notes

Parties

United People's Freedom Alliance United National Party Tamil National Alliance

^ 2012

References

^ "Compilation of Local Authority" (PDF). Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Results of Local Authorities Elections 2006/2008". www.slelections.gov.lk. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
^ "Local government". Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Area, Population, Registered voters and Employees of Municipalities, 2011 - 2012" (PDF). Statistics Statistical Abstract 2013. Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "Local Government Statistics, 2012" (PDF). www.statistics.gov.lk/. Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "Table 2.4: Population of Municipal Councils and Urban Councils by sex Census, 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

[6] 2012

[Local_Authorities-1] "Compilation of Local Authority" (PDF). Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[2] "Results of Local Authorities Elections 2006/2008". www.slelections.gov.lk. Retrieved 2008-09-24.

[3] "Local government". Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[CHAPTER_XV-4] "Area, Population, Registered voters and Employees of Municipalities, 2011 - 2012" (PDF). Statistics Statistical Abstract 2013. Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[15._Local_Government_and_Co-operative_Development-5] "Local Government Statistics, 2012" (PDF). www.statistics.gov.lk/. Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[Table_2.4-7] "Table 2.4: Population of Municipal Councils and Urban Councils by sex Census, 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

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Urban councils

Current

Former

See also

Notes

References