Matara District
Matara is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 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 appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka.
Geography
Matara District is located in the south west of Sri Lanka and has an area of.It is represented in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election by former Sri Lankan national cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya who stood for the United People's Freedom Alliance.
Administrative units
Matara District is divided into 16 Divisional Secretary's Division, each headed by a Divisional Secretary. The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 650 Grama Niladhari Divisions, with 1,658 villages.Major cities
- Matara
Other towns
- Aparekka
- Weligama
- Akuressa
- Tihagoda
- Mirissa
- Deniyaya
- Pitabeddara
- Kamburupitiya
- Thelijjawila
- Malimbada
- Miella
- Welipitiya
- Denipitiya
- Welihinda
- Morawaka
- Nupe
- Devinuwara
- Gandara
- Hakmana
- Karaputugala
Demographics