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North Western Province (Sinhala: වයඹ පළාත Wayamba Paḷāta, Tamil: வட மேல் மாகாணம் Vada Mael Mākāṇam) is a province of Sri Lanka. It is the fourth-largest province by land area, covering 7,888 km 2 (3,046 sq mi), and the fourth-most populated province with a population of over 2,592,000 people.
North-West Frontier Province (1901–55), Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 2010; North West (South African province), established 1994; North Western Province, Sri Lanka, also known as Wayamba; North-Western Province, Zambia; North Western Province (Victoria), an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia) from 1856 to 2006
Elections in the newly merged North Eastern Province were held on 19 November 1988. On 1 March 1990, just as the Indian Peace Keeping Force was preparing to withdraw from Sri Lanka, Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal, Chief Minister of North Eastern Province, moved a motion in the North Eastern Provincial Council declaring independent Eelam. [5]
The North Western Provinces was governed by a Lieutenant-Governor, who was appointed by the East India Company from 1836 to 1858, and by the British Government from 1858 to 1902. [2] In 1856, after the annexation of Oudh State, the North Western Provinces became part of the larger province of North Western Provinces and Oudh.
It is the capital city of the North Western Province and the Kurunegala District. Kurunegala was an ancient royal capital for 50 years, from the end of the 13th century to the start of the 14th century. It is at the junction of several main roads linking to other important parts of the country.
There are 276 Pradeshiya Sabhas in Sri Lanka, which are the legislative bodies that preside over the third tier municipalities in the country. [1] Introduced in 1987 through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, Pradeshiya Sabhas became a devolved subject under the Provincial Councils in the Local Government system of Sri Lanka. [2]
The normal term of a local authority is four years but the law allows the central government to extend this by a further year. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The term of the 234 local authorities (3 MC, 30 UC, 201 DC) that had their election on 17 March 2011 was due to expire on 31 March 2015 but on 27 March 2015 their term was extended to 15 May 2015.
In 1955, the district replaced the province as the country's main administrative unit. [10] Ampara District was created in April 1961, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] followed by the creation of Mullaitivu and Gampaha districts in September 1978 [ 13 ] through a new constitution , which also reintroduced the province as the main administrative unit. [ 14 ]