List of towns in Sri Lanka explained

The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population between 5,000 and 50,000.

Towns

Town	Image	DS Division	District	Province	Population		Area^[1]		Density (/km²)	Co- ordinates
Town	Image	DS Division	District	Province	Conurbation (2012 est)^[2]	Municipality (2012 census)^[3]	km²	mi²	Density (/km²)	Co- ordinates
Vaddukoddai வட்டுக்கோட்டை					4,407	4,129
Badulla බදුල්ල பதுளை					47,587	42,237	10km2		6.9847°N 81.0564°W
Matara මාතර மாத்தறை					47,420	74,193	13km2		5.95°N 80.55°W
Puttalam පුත්තලම புத்தளம்					45,401	45,511				8.0342°N 79.8353°W
Chavakachcheri චාවකච්චේරිය சாவகச்சேரி					41,407	16,129				9.65°N 80.15°W
Kattankudy කාත්තන්කුඩි காத்தான்குடி					40,883	40,356				7.6942°N 81.7367°W
Matale මාතලේ மாத்தளை					40,859	36,462	9km2		7.4667°N 80.6167°W
Dambulla දඹුල්ල					72,306	23,814	54km2		7.8578°N 80.6525°W
Kalutara කළුතර களுத்துறை					39,615	32,417				6.5869°N 79.9603°W
Mannar මන්නාරම மன்னார்					35,817	24,417				8.9667°N 79.8833°W
Panadura පානදුර பாணந்துறை					35,717	30,069				6.7133°N 79.9042°W
Beruwala බේරුවල பேருவளை					35,312	37,793				6.4667°N 79.9833°W
Ja-Ela ජා-ඇල ஜா-எல					32,386	31,232				7.0844°N 79.8947°W
Point Pedro පේදුරුතුඩුව பருத்தித்துறை					31,351	12,334				9.8167°N 80.2333°W
Kelaniya කැලණිය களனி					31,307					6.95°N 79.9°W
Peliyagoda පෑලියගොඩ பேலியகொடை					31,307	27,736				6.95°N 79.9°W
Kurunegala කුරුණෑගල குருனகல்					30,314	24,833	11km2		7.4833°N 80.3667°W
Wattala වත්තල வத்தளை					30,229	28,031				6.9833°N 79.8833°W
Gampola ගම්පොල கம்பளை					27,659	37,871				7.9981°N 80.5767°W
Nuwara Eliya නුවරඑළිය நுவரேலியா					27,326	23,804	12km2		6.9667°N 80.7667°W
Valvettithurai වෙල්වෙටිතුරේ வல்வெட்டித்துறை					27,210	8,283				9.8167°N 80.1667°W
Chilaw හලාවත சிலாபம்					26,714	21,441				7.5833°N 79.8°W
Eravur එරාවුර් ஏறாவூர்					25,582	24,643				7.7667°N 81.6°W
Avissawella අවිස්සාවේල්ල அவிசாவலை					25,322					6.9531°N 80.2183°W
Weligama වැලිගම வெலிகமை					24,159	22,377				5.9733°N 80.4225°W
Ambalangoda අම්බලන්ගොඩ அம்பலாங்கொட					21,573	19,990				6.225°N 80.0567°W
Ampara අම්පාර அம்பாறை					20,309	22,511				7.2833°N 81.6667°W
Kegalle කෑගල්ල கேகாலை					17,962	15,993				7.25°N 80.35°W
Hatton හැටන් ஹற்றன்					16,237	14,585				6.5325°N 80.3553°W
Nawalapitiya නාවලපිටිය நாவலபிட்டி					15,415	13,338				7.05°N 80.5333°W
Balangoda බලන්ගොඩ பலங்கொடா					13,589	16,510				6.65°N 80.6833°W
Hambantota හම්බන්තොට அம்பாந்தோட்டை					12,071	23,236	83km2		6.1244°N 81.1225°W
Tangalle තංගල්ල தங்கல்ல					11,258	8,473				6.0167°N 80.7833°W
Monaragala මොණරාගල மொனராகல					10,853					6.8667°N 81.35°W
Gampaha ගම්පහ கம்பகா					9,889	62,335	38km2		7.0917°N 79.9942°W
Horana හොරණ ஹொரண					9,774	9,550				6.7167°N 80.05°W
Wattegama වත්තේගම வத்தேகமை					8,770					7.3503°N 80.6825°W
Minuwangoda මිණුවන්ගොඩ மினுவன்கொட					8,016	7,523				7.1733°N 79.9619°W
Bandarawela බණ්ඩාරවෙල பண்டாரவளை					7,878	24,168	27km2		6.8333°N 80.9833°W
Kuliyapitiya කුලියාපිටිය குளியாப்பிட்டிய					6,850	5,509				7.4706°N 80.0456°W
Haputale හපුතලේ அப்புத்தளை					5,559	5,288				6.7678°N 80.9586°W

Notes and References

Web site: Table 15.1: Area, Population, Registered voters and Employees of Municipalities, 2015. Statistics Statistical Abstract 2016. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
Web site: Sri Lanka: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population . World Gazetteer . https://archive.today/20121216141527/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php . 16 December 2012 . dead .
Web site: Table 2.4: Population of Municipal Councils and urban councils by sex, Census, 2012. Statistics Statistical Abstract 2016. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.