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The Northern Province (Tamil: வட மாகாணம் Vaṭa Mākāṇam; Sinhala: උතුරු පළාත Uturu Paḷāta) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. [4] The province has an area of 8,884 km 2 , making it the 3rd largest province by area, and a population of 1,061,315, making it the least populated province.
The Government of the Northern Province refers to the provincial government of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.Under the Sri Lankan constitution the nine provincial governments of the country have power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services.
The short lived North Eastern Province. The number of provinces remained static until September 1988 when, in accordance with the Indo-Lanka Accord, President J. R. Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Northern and Eastern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the North Eastern Province. [12]
Northern Provincial Council (Tamil: வட மாகாண சபை Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka.In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, NPC has legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services.
The North Eastern Province was formally demerged into the Eastern and Northern provinces on 1 January 2007. Eastern Provincial Council Elections for a provincial council for the demerged Eastern Province were held on 10 May 2008. The Northern province was ruled directly from Colombo until 21 September 2013 when elections were held.
Northern Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Jaffna District, Kilinochchi District, Mannar District, Mullaitivu District, and Vavuniya District. The following is a list of settlements in the province.