North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

North Eastern Province
வடக்கு கிழக்கு மாகாணம்
Location within Sri Lanka
Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 8°15′N 81°20′E / 8.250°N 81.333°E / 8.250; 81.333
Country Sri Lanka
CreatedSeptember 1988
AdmittedSeptember 1988
Abolished31 December 2006
CapitalTrincomalee
Largest CityJaffna
Area
 • Total18,880 km2 (7,290 sq mi)
 • Land17,651 km2 (6,815 sq mi)
 • Rank1st (28.78% of total area)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total2,460,565
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Official LanguagesTamil, Sinhala

The North Eastern Province was one of the provinces of Sri Lanka. The province was created in September 1988 by merging the Northern and Eastern provinces.[2] This merger was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 2006.[2] The province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007. The capital of the province was Trincomalee.

  1. ^ Department of Census & Statistics Statistical Abstract 2007 (Area & Climate) Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "North-East merger illegal:SC". LankaNewspapers.com. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2009.