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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.
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.
Northwestern Province or Northwest Province or North-Western Province may refer to: Northwest Region, Cameroon, Northwest Region since 2008; 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
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]
In late nineteenth century, the region had three provinces – North-Western Provinces, Chief Commissioner's Province of Oudh and the Province of the Punjab. To the extreme there was the Kingdom of Kashmir and Jammu, below that the Punjab States, and to its south, the Rajputana Agency. By 1945, the region had been slightly re-organised.
Puttalam Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Puttalam District, of North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Ward Map of Puttalam Prepared by Survey Department of Sri Lanka. Ward Map of Puttalam Urban Council - Puttalam District Prepared by Survey Department of Sri Lanka
The North-West Frontier (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was a region of the British Indian Empire.It remains the western frontier of present-day Pakistan, extending from the Pamir Knot in the north to the Koh-i-Malik Siah in the west, [2] and separating the modern Pakistani frontier regions of North-West Frontier Province (renamed as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Federally Administered Tribal Areas ...
Governor of North Western Province; Flag of North Western Province. ... since 25 September 2024. Appointer: President of Sri Lanka: Term length: 5 years: Inaugural ...