Hambantota district is located in southern province of and the dry agro-ecological zone of Sri Lanka. Western parts of the istrict are located in the intermediate zone, and a small part of the more mountainous north-west is located in the wet zone. The district has an area of 2525 square km and a shoreline of 115 square km and inland water area covers approximately 113 square km. Hambantota district accounts for 4% of the country’s total land area. Hambantota ranks as the third poorest district in the country and the poorest coastal district in the country, recording 32 percent of its people as poor.


Hambantota has remained a dry and poor district in Sri Lanka for many decades with vast areas of land unutilized. It is a district with open land area and sparse greenery. But, with initiation of the new government more attention has been given to Hambantota and it is good to see an effort being made to change the earlier perception-a district with a dead central city, with dry, salty and windy conditions, where the major coastal cities and villages devastated and almost wiped off by raging

Tsunami waves,where people lost their lives during natural hazards. The present government is making every effort to narrow the persistent gap between the centre ( Colombo ) and the periphery ( Districts such as Hambantota ).Therefore , the government selected Hambantota as it is a district where huge potential is available for development. Specially, Land and natural resources.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

DS Division

Hambantota district comprises of 12 divisional Secretariats (DS). Four of these administration division namely, Tissamaharama, Hambantota, Ambalantota and Tangalle, are located near the coast. The district has 576 Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions, the lowest unit in the administrative structure of the country, each with an average area of 4.3 square km and 1,338 villages

Division

Sq. km.

GN Divisions

Villages

1. Katuwana

100.0

56

87

2. Weeraketiya

113.5

60

89

3. Angunakolapelessa

201.48

51

110

4. Ambalantota

210.0

55

147

5. Hambantota

322.54

30

98

6. Sooriyawewa

156.4

21

56

7. Lunugamvehera

248.0

36

68

8. Tissamaharama

776.6

44

154

9. Tangalle

155.0

72

182

10. Beliatta

100.87

71

192

11. Okewela

38.16

27

58

12. Walasmulla

101.7

53

97

Total

2,525

576

1,338

Local government units in the district is 12 (02- Urban councils, 09- Pradeshiya Sabhas (PS)).

1. Hambantota Urban Council

2. Tangalle Urban Council

3. Katuwana PS

4. Weeraketiya PS

5. Angunakolapelessa PS

6. Ambalantota PS

7. Hambantota PS

8. Sooriyawewa PS

9. Lunugamvehera PS

10. Tissamaharama PS

11. Beliatta PS


Electorates in the district are 04 namely, Tangalle, Beliatta, Mulkirigala, and Tissamaharama.

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