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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 province included all divisions of the present-day state of Uttar Pradesh with the exception of the Lucknow Division and Faizabad Division of Awadh. [2] Among other regions included at various times were: the Delhi Territory, from 1836 until 1858, when the latter became part of the Punjab Province of British India; Ajmer and Merwara, from 1832 and 1846, respectively, until 1871, when Ajmer ...
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]
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]
Kalumbila District is a district of North-Western Province, Zambia. [1] [2] It was named after a mine of the same name (Kalumbila Mine) and was made independent from Solwezi District In 2016. [3] As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 177,067 people. [4]
The following is a list of schools in Western Province, ... Colombo North St. Lucia's College, Colombo: 1C ... Ashoka English Medium School, Horana
Nikaweratiya is a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. It consists of 42 Grama Niladari divisions. [2] The division of Nikaweratiya is the second largest electoral division in Sri Lanka and its extent only second to the Monaragala Electoral Division. This region which is famous for agriculture since the past is nourished with lakes ...
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