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Within Vinony's link graph, Southern Province is referenced by 2,084 other articles, and connects out to Sabaragamuwa Province, Divisional Secretariat of Sri Lanka and Portugal.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.
It sits within the topics Provinces of Sri Lanka and Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Admitted
- 14 November 1987
- Capital
- Galle
- Largest city
- Galle
- District
- List Galle Hambantota Matara
- Governor
- Susiripala Manawadu
- Chief minister
- Vacant
- Total
- 5,544 km (2,141 sq mi)
- Rank
- 7th (8.46% of total area)
- Density
- 444.6/km (1,151/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
- Iso 3166 code
- LK-3
- Vehicle registration
- SP
- Official languages
- Sinhala , Tamil
- Website
- www .sp .gov .lk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Sri Lanka
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Sri Lanka
- Capital
- Galle
- Population
- 2605506
- Area
- 5444
- Shares border with
- Uva Province
- Official website
- www.spc.gov.lk
- Image
- Galle Fort, Sri Lanka.JPG
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- topic's main category
- Category:Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- Commons category
- Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- inception
- 1833-00-00
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Southern Province (Sinhala: දකුණු පළාත Dakuṇu Paḷāta, Tamil: தென் மாகாணம் Theṉ Mākāṇam) of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. It is the 7th largest province by area and is home to 2.5 million people, the 3rd most populated province. The province is bordered by Sabaragamuwa Province and Uva Province to the North, Eastern Province to the Northeast, Western Province to the Northwest and the Indian Ocean to the South, West and East. The Province's capital is Galle.
The Southern Province is a geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region. Government School education is primarily handled by the Southern Provincial Education Department.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southern Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.