Provinces of Sri Lanka: Details in nutshell

Provinces of Sri Lanka are the first level administrative division. Currently, provinces of Sri Lanka have nine provinces. These 9 provinces are divided in 25 districts as second level administrative division.

Province Provincial
capital 		Land
area
in km2 (mi2) 		Inland
water
area
in km2 (mi2) 		Total
area
in km2 (mi2)
Central Kandy 5,575 (2,153) 99 (38) 5,674 (2,191)
Eastern Trincomalee 9,361 (3,614) 635 (245) 9,996 (3,859)
Central Anuradhapura 9,741 (3,761) 731 (282) 10,472 (4,043)
Northern Jaffna 8,290 (3,200) 594 (229) 8,884 (3,430)
North Western Kurunegala 7,506 (2,898) 382 (147) 7,888 (3,046)
Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura 4,921 (1,900) 47 (18) 4,968 (1,918)
Southern Galle 5,383 (2,078) 161 (62) 5,544 (2,141)
Uva Badulla 8,335 (3,218) 165 (64) 8,500 (3,300)
Western Colombo 3,593 (1,387) 91 (35) 3,684 (1,422)
Total 62,705 (24,211) 2,905 (1,122) 65,610 (25,330)