Political Map of Sri Lanka

 

Sri Lanka political map is very useful for students and discerning travelers. Sri Lanka is an island country, located in the Indian Ocean.
India is a neighboring country of Sri Lanka. Colombo is the capital of the country, situated at an altitude of 4 meters above sea level.

political map of Sri Lanka presents detailed information on the country’s administrative divisions. The administrative capitals are also pointed on the political map of Sri Lanka. The geographical coordinates of Sri Lanka are 7° North latitude and 81° East longitude. This Indian Ocean island country is situated in the southern part of the Indian subcontinent.

Location of Sri Lanka

The Map of Sri Lanka points the country in the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the country is 7° North and 81° East respectively. Of the total area of 65,610 square kilometers, the land area covered is 64,740 square kilometers.

The remaining 870 kilometers is covered by water bodies. 1,340 kilometers make up of the coastline of the country. Pidurutalagala at a height of 2,524 meters is the highest point of the country while the lowest point of the country is Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka experiences tropical monsoon climate.

Capital of Sri Lanka

Colombo, situated at an altitude of 4 meters above sea level, is the capital of Sri Lanka. The geographical coordinates of the city are 6° 55′ 55” North latitude and 79° 50′ 52” East longitude. The city has four airports, which are served by many international airlines. The airports are Colombo Ratmalana, Koggala, Katukurunda and Bandaranaike International airport. The neighboring cities are Fort, Pettah, Slave Island, New Bazaar and Maradona.

Province Capitals

The province capitals are marked with white squares on the Sri Lanka map. The province boundaries are drawn with broken lines as shown on the printable Sri Lanka map. The provinces and their capitals are listed below:

• North Eastern- Trincomalee
• North Central- Anutadhapura
• North Western- Kurunegala
• Central- Kandy
• UVA- Badulla
• Western- Colombo
• Sabaragamuwa- Ratnapura
• Southern- Galle

 

District	Pop-2001	Pop-1981	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Prov
Ampara	589,344	388,786	2,984	1,152	5
Anuradhapura	746,466	587,822	7,128	2,752	7
Badulla	774,555	642,893	2,818	1,088	8
Batticaloa		330,899	2,463	951	5
Colombo	2,234,289	1,698,322	642	248	1
Galle	990,539	814,579	1,673	646	3
Gampaha	2,066,096	1,389,490	1,393	538	1
Hambantota	525,370	424,102	2,593	1,001	3
Jaffna		739,356	1,114	430	4
Kalutara	1,060,800	827,189	1,606	620	1
Kandy	1,272,463	1,126,296	2,365	913	2
Kegalle	779,774	682,411	1,663	642	9
Kilinochchi		91,756	1,171	452	4
Kurunegala	1,452,369	1,212,755	4,771	1,842	6
Mannar		106,940	1,963	758	4
Matale	442,427	357,441	1,987	767	2
Matara	761,236	644,231	1,246	481	3
Moneragala	396,173	279,743	7,133	2,754	8
Mullaitivu		77,512	1,580	610	4
Nuwara Eliya	700,083	522,219	1,228	474	2
Polonnaruwa	359,197	262,753	3,403	1,314	7
Puttalam	705,342	493,344	2,976	1,149	6
Ratnapura	1,008,164	796,468	3,237	1,250	9
Trincomalee		256,790	2,616	1,010	5
Vavuniya		95,904	2,642	1,020	4
25 districts	16,864,544	14,850,001	64,395	24,862