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	Chairman		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		(List)		196,423
			4	Boralesgamuwa	Boralesgamuwa		9		(List)		60,110
			5	Kesbewa	Kesbewa		17		(List)		185,122
	2	Gampaha	6	Wattala-Mabola	Wattala-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		(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
			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
			23	Talawakele-Lindula	Talawakele-Lindula		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
			26	Hikkaduwa	Hikkaduwa		11		Vinie Kariyawasam (List)		27,075
	10	Matara	27	Weligama	Weligama		10		Mohomad Husein Hajiyar Muhammad (List)		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
			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
			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
			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

• Moratuwa Urban Council
• Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Urban Council

Elevated to Municipal council status in 2011

• Bandarawela Urban Council
• Hambantota Urban Council

See also

• List of cities in Sri Lanka
• Provincial government in Sri Lanka
• Local government in Sri Lanka
  • Municipal councils of Sri Lanka
  • Pradeshiya Sabha

Notes

Parties

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

1. 2012

References

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.
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.
5. "Local Government Statistics, 2012" (PDF). http://www.statistics.gov.lk/. Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
6. "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.