World Gazetteer

Sri Lanka: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population

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no.	name	census 1994	census 2001	calculation 2013	parent division
1	Colombo		642 163	762 305	Colombo
2	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia		209 787	249 036	Colombo
3	Moratuwa		177 190	210 340	Colombo
4	Kotte		115 826	137 496	Colombo
5	Negombo		121 933	128 038	Gampaha
6	Kandy		110 049	126 592	Kandy
7	Kalmunai		94 457	107 740	Amparai
8	Vavuniya		53 237	102 687	Vavuniya
9	Trincomalee	76 000		100 343	Trincomalee
10	Galle		90 934	100 100	Galle
11	Batticaloa		78 480	93 687	Batticaloa
12	Jaffna	149 000		86 024	Jaffna
13	Katunayaka		73 316	76 987	Gampaha
14	Dambulla		61 230	69 434	Matale
15	Kolonnawa		55 341	65 695	Colombo
16	Anuradhapura		56 632	63 718	Anuradhapura
17	Ratnapura		46 309	52 636	Ratnapura
18	Badulla		40 920	48 153	Badulla
19	Mātara		42 756	47 773	Matara
20	Pūttalama		40 967	45 738	Pūttalama
21	Katankudi		34 749	41 482	Batticaloa
22	Mātale		36 352	41 223	Matale
23	Chāvākachchēri	70 000		40 414	Jaffna
24	Kalutara		37 081	39 780	Kalatura
25	Pānadraya		33 432	35 865	Kalatura
26	Beruwala		33 053	35 458	Kalatura
27	Mannārama		41 724	35 166	Mannārama
28	Jaela		30 910	32 458	Gampaha
29	Kelaniya		29 880	31 376	Gampaha
30	Peliyagoda		29 880	31 376	Gampaha
31	Point Pedro	53 000		30 599	Jaffna
32	Kurunegala		28 337	30 548	Kurunegala
33	Wattala		28 852	30 297	Gampaha
34	Gampola		24 283	27 933	Kandy
35	Nuwara Eliya		25 049	27 495	Nuwara Eliya
36	Halāwata		24 105	26 912	Pūttalama
37	Valvedditturai	46 000		26 558	Jaffna
38	Eravur		21 744	25 957	Batticaloa
39	Seethawakapura		21 597	25 638	Colombo
40	Weligama		21 783	24 339	Matara
41	Ambalamgod̨a		19 720	21 708	Galle
42	Amparai		17 965	20 491	Amparai
43	Kēgalla		17 430	17 979	Kegalla
44	Hatton		14 255	16 398	Kandy
45	Nāwalapiţiya		13 533	15 567	Kandy
46	Balangod̨a		12 062	13 710	Ratnapura
47	Hambantoţa		11 213	12 127	Hambantota
48	Tanggalla		10 458	11 310	Hambantota
49	Monaragala			10 942	Monaragala
50	Gampaha		9 438	9 911	Gampaha
51	Horana		9 149	9 815	Kalatura
52	Wattegama		7 843	8 841	Monaragala
53	Minuwangoda		7 651	8 034	Gampaha
54	Bandārāwela		6 774	7 971	Badulla
55	Kuliyapitiya		6 382	6 880	Kurunegala
56	Haputale		4 780	5 625	Badulla
57	Talawakele		3 746	4 112	Nuwara Eliya
58	Harispattuwa		1 531	1 761	Kandy
59	Kadugannawa		1 215	1 398	Kandy
60	Sigiriya		977	1 108	Matale

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