Amparai District
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Ampara District அம்பாறை மாவட்டம் අම්පාර දිස්ත්රික්කය |
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Paddy field in Oluvil
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 Location within Sri Lanka |
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| Coordinates: 07°05′N 81°45′E / 7.083°N 81.750°ECoordinates: 07°05′N 81°45′E / 7.083°N 81.750°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Eastern |
| Created | April 1961 |
| Capital | Ampara |
| DS Division | |
| Government | |
| • District Secretary | Neel De Alwis |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 4,415 km2 (1,705 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,222 km2 (1,630 sq mi) |
| • Water | 193 km2 (75 sq mi) 4.37% |
| Area rank | 4th (6.73% of total area) |
| Population (2012 census) | |
| • Total | 648,057 |
| • Rank | 14th (3.20% of total pop.) |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity(2012 census) | |
| • Moor | 282,484 (43.59%) |
| • Sinhalese | 251,018 (38.73%) |
| • Sri Lankan Tamil | 112,750 (17.40%) |
| • Burgher | 849 (0.13%) |
| • Other | 956 (0.15%) |
| Religion(2012 census) | |
| • Muslim | 282,746 (43.63%) |
| • Buddhist | 250,213 (38.61%) |
| • Hindu | 102,454 (15.81%) |
| • Christian | 12,609 (1.95%) |
| • Other | 35 (0.01%) |
| Time zone | Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) |
| Post Codes | 32000-32999 |
| Telephone Codes | 063, 067 |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-52 |
| Vehicle registration | EP |
| Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
| Website | Ampara District Secretariat |
Ampara District (Tamil: அம்பாறை மாவட்டம் Ampāṟai Māvaṭṭam; Sinhalese: අම්පාර දිස්ත්රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the town of Ampara. The district was carved out of the southern part of Batticaloa District in April 1961.
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.
Ampara District's population was 648,057 in 2012. The district is one of the most diverse in Sri Lanka, both ethnically and religiously.
The population of the district, like the rest of the east and north, was affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to the West during the war. Many Sri Lankan Tamils also moved to the relative safety of the capital Colombo. The war also caused many people from all ethnic and religious groups who lived in the district to flee to other parts of Sri Lanka, though most of them have returned to the district since the end of the civil war.
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