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Contents. History The country was first divided into several administrative units during the.
The kingdom was divided into three provinces;, and. These were further subdivided into smaller units called rata. Over time, the number of provinces increased, but the second-level administrative division continued to be the rata. However, with the country eventually being divided into more than one kingdom and with foreign colonial missions landing and taking parts of the country under their control, this structure began to change. The territory of the was organized into four disavas, which were further subdivided into forty korales. The korales had their own civil and military officials with a small militia.
The appears to have had a similar administrative structure to this with four provinces. When the after their arrival in 1505, they maintained more or less the same administrative structure followed by Sri Lankan rulers. During the in the country, the terrain under their control was divided into three administrative divisions. These were subdivided into disavas as in earlier systems.
The initially continued this system, but following reforms in 1796 to 1802, the country was divided according to ethnic composition. This was abolished by the reforms in 1833 and a was created, making the island a politically and administratively single unit. Five provinces were created, later expanded into nine, and these were subdivided into twenty-one districts. These districts were administered by officials known as or Assistant Government Agents. In 1955, the district replaced the province as the country's main administrative unit. Was created in April 1961, followed by the creation of and districts in September 1978 through a, which also reintroduced the province as the main administrative unit.
The last district to be created was in February 1984, and the current constitution (that of 1978) states that the territory of Sri Lanka consists of 25 administrative districts. These districts may be subdivided or amalgamated by a resolution of the. Districts All population data are from the most recent census of Sri Lanka, in 2012.
List. Government. H. Contents. History Colombo District was part of the pre-colonial. The district then came under, and control.
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In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of. They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese and Tamil. Colombo District was part of the Low Country Sinhalese administration. In 1833, in accordance with the recommendations of the, the ethnic based administrative structures were unified into a single administration divided into five geographic provinces. Colombo District, together with, Seven Korales (present day ), Three Korales, Four Korales and Lower Bulatgama (present day ) formed the new. At the time that, Colombo was one of the two districts located in the Western Province.
Parts of the district were transferred to newly created in September 1978. Geography Colombo District is located in the south west of Sri Lanka and has an area of 699 square kilometres (270 sq mi). Administrative units Colombo District is divided into 13 (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent). The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 566 Divisions (GN Divisions).
Main Town Divisional Secretary Divisions Area (km 2) Population (2012 Census) Population Density (/km 2) Other Total K. Dharmathilaka 35 18 79,468 126,345 97,690 8,635 5,910 318,048 17,669 K. Perera 15 8 53,182 17,870 12,917 1,240 2,625 87,834 10,979 81 121 231,878 508 1,907 460 1,426 236,179 1,952 M. Suriyapperuma 57 88 241,104 2,011 4,605 740 3,597 252,057 2,864 L. Kalukapuarachchi 73 64 237,781 1,114 2,403 439 2,325 244,062 3,813 U. Senarathna 46 28 128,623 40,412 15,934 2,101 3,747 190,817 6,815 K.
Buddhi Tharanga Karunasena 41 38 187,363 1,369 3,107 529 2,987 195,355 5,141 K. Niroshan 42 20 157,901 2,683 4,802 397 1,377 167,160 8,358 S. Hewage 46 110 62,472 998 1,238 334 125 65,167 592 Pradeep Ratnayaka 13 13 75,181 9,005 7,852 855 2,269 95,162 7,320 P. Wijerathna 68 150 100,046 838 5,007 7,285 301 113,477 757 Amal J. Edirisooriya 20 17 91,268 5,207 7,503 801 2,729 107,508 6,324 Geethamani C. Karunaratne 29 24 125,052 34,368 66,353 3,520 7,690 236,983 9,874 Total 566 699 1,771,319 242,728 231,318 27,336 37,108 2,309,809 3,304 Demographics Population Colombo District's population was 2,309,809 in 2012. It has the highest population and population density in Sri Lanka.
The majority of the population are, with a minority and population. Ethnicity Population of Colombo District by ethnic group 1946 to 2012 Year Other Total No. No.% No.% No.% No.% No.% 1946 Census n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,420,332 1953 Census n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1,708,726 1963 Census n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2,207,420 1971 Census n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2,672,620 1981 Census 1,318,835 77.61% 139,743 8.22% 170,590 10.04% 19,824 1.17% 50,249 2.96% 1,699,241 2001 Census 1,724,459 76.60% 202,731 9.01% 247,739 11.00% 24,821 1.10% 51,524 2.29% 2,251,274 2012 Census 1,771,319 76.69% 242,728 10.51% 231,318 10.01% 27,336 1.18% 37,108 1.61% 2,309,809 Religion.
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