Sri Lanka: metropolitan areas
(c = census, e = estimate, calc = calculation)
metropolitan areas bold, for the other places the metropolitan area and the city are identical
see also the list of
proper places
| no. | name | census 1994 | census 2001 | calculation 2013 | latitude | longitude | parent division | name variants |
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| 1 | Kolamba | | | 2 729 760 | | | | |
| 2 | Kandy | | 110 049 | 126 592 | 7.29°N | 80.63°E | Kandy | Maha Nuwara, Mahe Nuwara |
| 3 | Kalmunai | | 94 457 | 107 740 | 7.41°N | 81.82°E | Amparai | Galmūnē |
| 4 | Vavuniya | | 53 237 | 102 687 | 8.76°N | 80.49°E | Vavuniya | Vavuniyāwa |
| 5 | Trincomalee | 76 000 | | 100 343 | 8.58°N | 81.22°E | Trincomalee | Tirikunāmalaya, Trinkomali |
| 6 | Galle | | 90 934 | 100 100 | 6.05°N | 80.21°E | Galle | Gālla |
| 7 | Batticaloa | | 78 480 | 93 687 | 7.71°N | 81.69°E | Batticaloa | Mad̨akalpūwa |
| 8 | Jaffna | 149 000 | | 86 024 | 9.67°N | 80.01°E | Jaffna | Yāpanaya, Yapnaya |
| 9 | Dambulla | | 61 230 | 69 434 | 7.85°N | 80.65°E | Matale | |
| 10 | Anuradhapura | | 56 632 | 63 718 | 8.32°N | 80.41°E | Anuradhapura | Anurādhapūraya, Anuradhapur |
| 11 | Ratnapura | | 46 309 | 52 636 | 6.70°N | 80.38°E | Ratnapura | Ratnapūraya |
| 12 | Badulla | | 40 920 | 48 153 | 6.99°N | 81.05°E | Badulla | |
| 13 | Mātara | | 42 756 | 47 773 | 5.96°N | 80.53°E | Matara | |
| 14 | Pūttalama | | 40 967 | 45 738 | 8.04°N | 79.82°E | Pūttalama | Puttalam |
| 15 | Katankudi | | 34 749 | 41 482 | 7.69°N | 81.73°E | Batticaloa | Kattankudy |
| 16 | Mātale | | 36 352 | 41 223 | 7.47°N | 80.62°E | Matale | |
| 17 | Chāvākachchēri | 70 000 | | 40 414 | 9.66°N | 80.16°E | Jaffna | |
| 18 | Beruwala | | 33 053 | 35 458 | 6.48°N | 79.98°E | Kalatura | |
| 19 | Mannārama | | 41 724 | 35 166 | 8.97°N | 79.89°E | Mannārama | Mannar, Manar, Mannerama |
| 20 | Point Pedro | 53 000 | | 30 599 | 9.82°N | 80.23°E | Jaffna | Pēduru Tud̨uwa |
| 21 | Kurunegala | | 28 337 | 30 548 | 7.50°N | 80.36°E | Kurunegala | |
| 22 | Gampola | | 24 283 | 27 933 | 7.17°N | 80.57°E | Kandy | |
| 23 | Nuwara Eliya | | 25 049 | 27 495 | 6.98°N | 80.77°E | Nuwara Eliya | Nuwara |
| 24 | Halāwata | | 24 105 | 26 912 | 7.57°N | 79.81°E | Pūttalama | Chillaw, Chilaw, Chilaw Town |
| 25 | Valvedditturai | 46 000 | | 26 558 | 9.82°N | 80.17°E | Jaffna | Valvettiturai, Valvettithurai |
| 26 | Eravur | | 21 744 | 25 957 | 7.77°N | 81.59°E | Batticaloa | |
| 27 | Seethawakapura | | 21 597 | 25 638 | 6.91°N | 80.06°E | Colombo | Hanwella |
| 28 | Weligama | | 21 783 | 24 339 | 5.98°N | 80.42°E | Matara | |
| 29 | Ambalamgod̨a | | 19 720 | 21 708 | 6.24°N | 80.06°E | Galle | Ambalangoda |
| 30 | Amparai | | 17 965 | 20 491 | 7.28°N | 81.67°E | Amparai | Ampara |
| 31 | Kēgalla | | 17 430 | 17 979 | 7.25°N | 80.35°E | Kegalla | Kegalle, Kegalee |
| 32 | Hatton | | 14 255 | 16 398 | 6.89°N | 80.60°E | Kandy | Hatton-Dickoya, Ambagamuwa |
| 33 | Nāwalapiţiya | | 13 533 | 15 567 | 7.05°N | 80.53°E | Kandy | Pasbage Korale |
| 34 | Balangod̨a | | 12 062 | 13 710 | 6.65°N | 80.71°E | Ratnapura | |
| 35 | Hambantoţa | | 11 213 | 12 127 | 6.13°N | 81.12°E | Hambantota | |
| 36 | Tanggalla | | 10 458 | 11 310 | 6.03°N | 80.79°E | Hambantota | Tangalla, Tangalle |
| 37 | Monaragala | | | 10 942 | 6.87°N | 81.35°E | Monaragala | Moneragala, Monaragalla |
| 38 | Horana | | 9 149 | 9 815 | 6.72°N | 80.05°E | Kalatura | |
| 39 | Wattegama | | 7 843 | 8 841 | 6.80°N | 81.50°E | Monaragala | |
| 40 | Bandārāwela | | 6 774 | 7 971 | 6.83°N | 80.98°E | Badulla | |
| 41 | Kuliyapitiya | | 6 382 | 6 880 | 7.47°N | 80.04°E | Kurunegala | |
| 42 | Haputale | | 4 780 | 5 625 | 6.77°N | 80.97°E | Badulla | |
| 43 | Talawakele | | 3 746 | 4 112 | 6.94°N | 80.65°E | Nuwara Eliya | Talawakele-Lindula |
| 44 | Harispattuwa | | 1 531 | 1 761 | | | Kandy | |
| 45 | Kadugannawa | | 1 215 | 1 398 | 7.25°N | 80.52°E | Kandy | |
| 46 | Sigiriya | | 977 | 1 108 | 7.93°N | 80.72°E | Matale | Sigiri |
