Districts of Sri Lanka
Districts (Sinhala: දිස්ත්රික්ක, romanized: Distrikka, Tamil: மாவட்டம், romanized: Māvaṭṭam) are the second level administrative divisions of Sri Lanka, preceded by provinces. Sri Lanka has 25 districts organized into 9 provinces. Districts are further divided into a number of divisional secretariats (commonly known as D.S. divisions), which are in turn subdivided into 14,022 grama niladhari divisions. There are 331 DS divisions in Sri Lanka.
| Districts of Sri Lanka | |
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| Category | Second level administrative division |
| Location | Sri Lanka |
| Number | 25 |
| Populations | 92,238–2,324,349 |
| Areas | 699–7,179 km2 |
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| Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka |
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| First level |
| Provinces |
| Second level |
| Districts |
| Third level |
| Divisional Secretary's Divisions |
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| Grama Niladhari Divisions |
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Each district is administered under a district secretary, who is appointed by the central government. The main tasks of the district secretariat involve coordinating communications and activities of the central government and divisional secretariats. The district secretariat is also responsible for implementing and monitoring development projects at the district level and assisting lower-level subdivisions in their activities, as well as revenue collection and coordination of elections in the district.