Pradeshiya Sabha

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There are 276 Pradeshiya Sabhas in Sri Lanka, which are the legislative bodies that preside over the .[1] Introduced in 1987 through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, Pradeshiya Sabhas became a devolved subject under the Provincial Councils in the Local Government system of Sri Lanka.[2] The Pradeshiya Sabhas collectively govern approximately 16,726,000 people. There are 3,624 Councillors in total, ranging from 5 to 23 per council.[3][4]

Pradeshiya Sabhas[]

Western Province[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		No. of Women Councillors Area (km²)
[N 1][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
Western 1 Colombo 1 23
2 21
3 22 http://seethawaka.ps.gov.lk/
2 Gampaha 4 23 http://attanagalla.ps.gov.lk/
5 23
6 22
7 22 http://dompe.ps.gov.lk/
8 19
9 22
10 22 http://katana.ps.gov.lk/
11 22
12 23
13 23
14 23
15 19
3 Kalutara 16 11
17 18 http://bandaragama.ps.gov.lk/
18 22
19 12 http://bulathsinghala.ps.gov.lk/
20 13
21 23
22 22
23 8
24 18
25 14
26 23
27 13


North Western Province[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		Area (km²)
[N 2][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
North Western 4 Kurunegala 28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
5 Puttalam 47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56

Central Province[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		Area (km²)
[N 3][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
Central 6 Kandy 57
58
59 Harispattuwa
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74 Delthota
75 Doluwa
76 Hatharaliyadda
7 Matale 77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
8 Nuwara Eliya 88
89
90
91
92

Uva[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		Area (km²)
[N 4][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
Uva 9 Badulla 93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
10 Monaragala 108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117

Southern Province[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		Area (km²)
[N 5][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
Southern 11 Galle 118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
12 Matara 135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
13 Hambantota 150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159

Sabaragamuwa[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		Area (km²)
[N 6][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
Sabaragamuwa 14 Ratnapura 160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
15 Kegalle 174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184

North Central Province[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		Area (km²)
[N 7][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
North Central 16 Anuradhapura 185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
17 Polonnaruwa 203
204
205
206
207
208
209

Northern Province[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		No. of women Councillors Area (km²)
[N 8][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
Northern 18 Jaffna 210 Chavakachcheri
211 Delft
212 Karainagar
213 Kayts
214 Nallur
215 Point Pedro
216 Vadamarachchi South West
217 Valikamam East
218 Valikamam North
219 Valikamam West
220 Valikamam South
221 Valikamam South West
222 Velanai
19 Kilinochchi 223 Karachchi
224 Pachchilaipalli
225 Poonakary
20 Mannar 226 Mannar
227 Manthai West
228 Musali
229 Nanaddan
21 Vavuniya 230 Vavuniya North
231 Vavuniya South Sinhala
232 Vavuniya South Tamil
232 Vengalacheddikulam
22 Mullaitivu 234 Manthai East
235
236
237 Thunukkai

Eastern Province[]

Province District Pradeshiya Sabha No. of
Councillors 		No. of Women councilors Area (km²)
[N 9][3] 		Population
(2012)[5] 		Website
Eastern 23 Batticaloa 238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245 https://manmunaisouthwestps.com/
246
24 Ampara 247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
25 Trincomalee 264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274

Former[]

Renamed in 2017
  • Thamankaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha renamed .[6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 2012
  2. ^ 2012
  3. ^ 2012
  4. ^ 2012
  5. ^ 2012
  6. ^ 2012
  7. ^ 2012
  8. ^ 2012
  9. ^ 2012

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Compilation of Local Authority" (PDF). Ministry of Local Government & Provincial Councils. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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.
  4. ^ "Local Government Statistics, 2012" (PDF). www.statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Table 2.4: Population of Pradeshiya Sabhas and Urban Councils by sex Census, 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. ^ "City Of Polonnaruwa To Be Elevated To Municipal Council". Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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