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was created, making the island a politically and administratively single unit. Five provinces were created, later expanded into nine, and these were subdivided into twenty-one districts. These districts were administered by officials known as
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initially continued this system, but following reforms in 1796 to 1802, the country was divided according to ethnic composition. This was abolished by the
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Provinces, Districts, and Divisional Secretary's Division.
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2016:"Identification of DS Divisions of Sri Lanka Vulnerable for food insecurity"
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A Comprehensive
History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami
1622:"Sinhalisation of East: A reply to Minister Champika Ranawaka"
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was created in April 1961, followed by the creation of
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Divisions. There are 256 DS divisions in the country.
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899:in Sri Lanka. They were first established by the
624:. The kingdom was divided into three provinces;
1961:. Vavuniya District Secretariat. Archived from
1654:"Population by sex and district, census years"
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1598:. Ampara District Secretariat. Archived from
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931:. Currently there are nine provinces.
729:districts in September 1978 through a
54:
1832:"Population of Sri Lanka by district"
21:Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka
7:
2819:Directorate of Military Intelligence
2080:. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company.
1714:"Awakening Jaffna Uthuru Wasanthaya"
1489:from the original on 7 February 2008
1985:"Performs Report and Accounts—2008"
1712:Karalliyadda, S. B. (9 June 2013).
608:. Each DS Division is divided into
3998:Lists of subdivisions of Sri Lanka
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2824:Criminal Investigation Department
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2446:Crisis of the Sixteenth Century
1477:"Episodes of colonised history"
32:Administrative map of Sri Lanka
3919:British Indian Ocean Territory
2416:Chola conquest of Anuradhapura
2122:. Greenwood Publishing Group.
925:1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka
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2727:Deputy Chairman of Committees
1742:The Constitution of Sri Lanka
1681:Schmiegelow, Michèle (1997).
1418:List of capitals in Sri Lanka
612:(village officer divisions).
1905:District Secretariats Portal
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224:Ministries of the Government
2101:. Vijitha Yapa Publishers.
2095:Yogasundaram, Nath (2006).
1482:Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)
1423:List of cities in Sri Lanka
697:as in earlier systems. The
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1931:"Kilinochchi a brief look"
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2074:Siriweera, W. I. (2004).
1661:Statistical Abstract 2011
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2737:Leader of the Opposition
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412:Administrative geography
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1875:Government of Sri Lanka
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740:Parliament of Sri Lanka
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3136:Information technology
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2583:Constitutional Council
1936:Daily News (Sri Lanka)
1901:"Vision & Mission"
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1627:The Island (Sri Lanka)
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1182:North Central Province
1001:North Central Province
888:Provinces of Sri Lanka
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2747:Chief Opposition Whip
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2491:Independence movement
2375:British Ceylon period
1771:Law, Gwillim (2010).
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2023:World Food Programme
877:List of subdivisions
622:Anuradhapura Kingdom
544:Sri Lanka portal
264:Member of Parliament
214:Cabinet of Ministers
3870:limited recognition
2903:Electoral districts
2752:Secretaries-General
2732:Leader of the House
2672:Magistrate's Courts
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2355:Anuradhapura period
1965:on 12 November 2010
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341:Election Commission
311:Magistrate's Courts
254:Leader of the House
3480:Capital punishment
2859:Municipal councils
2496:Dominion of Ceylon
2360:Polonnaruwa period
1871:Sri Lanka in Brief
1844:on 6 December 2013
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1547:Yogasundaram 2006
1532:Yogasundaram 2006
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