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Geography. Ampara District is located in the south east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province.It has an area of 4,415 square kilometres (1,705 sq mi). It is bounded by Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa districts from north, Indian Ocean from east, Hambantota District from south, Badulla and Matale districts from northwest and by the Monaragala District from west and southeast.
In 1955, the district replaced the province as the country's main administrative unit. The Ampara District was created in April 1961, [18] [19] followed by the creation of the Mullaitivu and Gampaha districts in September 1978 [20] through a new constitution , which also reintroduced the provinces as the main administrative units. [21]
Ampara. / 7.28333°N 81.66667°E / 7.28333; 81.66667. Ampara ( Sinhala: අම්පාර, Tamil: அம்பாறை) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council. It is located in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, about 360 km (224 mi) east of Colombo and approximately 60 km (37 mi) south of Batticaloa .
The Sri Lankan anti-Muslim riots were a series of religious riots targeting Muslims that began in the town of Ampara located in Sri Lanka on 26 February 2018, spreading to the Kandy District from March 2 until its end on March 10, 2018. Muslim citizens, mosques, and other properties were attacked by mobs of Sinhalese Buddhists.
U. Uhana Divisional Secretariat. Categories: Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka. Geography of Ampara District. Government of Ampara District.
Ampara Urban Council (AUC) is the local authority for the town of Ampara in eastern Sri Lanka. [1] AUC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities. It has 9 members elected using the open list proportional representation system .
Early life and family. Ashraff was born on 23 October 1948 in Sammanthurai in south-eastern Ceylon. [1] [2] He was the son of Mohammed Meera Lebbe Hussain, a village headman, and Matheena Ummah. [3] Ashraff grew up in Kalmunai where his maternal family, the Kariappers, were very influential. [4] [5] He was educated at Wesley College, Kalmunai.
Sammanthurai Divisional Secretariat is situated at 19 km east of Ampara town. It is boundary of North of Navithanveli Divisional Secretariat, South of Irakkamam Divisional Secretary's Division East of Karaitivu Divisional Secretary's Division and West of Ampara Urban Council .