List of cities in Sri Lanka

Template:Short description The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population over 50,000.

Cities

City	Image	DS Division	District	Province	Population		Area<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Density (/km2)	Coordinates
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Colombo කොළඹ கொழும்பு	File:Colombo City, Sri Lanka.jpg	Colombo / Thimbirigasyaya	Colombo	Western	752,993	561,314	Template:Convert	{{#expr:561,314/37 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Dehiwala- Mount Lavinia දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை	File:Sri Lanka (560056969).jpg	Dehiwala	Colombo	Western	245,974	184,468	Template:Convert	{{#expr:184,468/21 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Moratuwa මොරටුව மொறட்டுவை	File:MoratuwaBahnhof.jpg	Moratuwa	Colombo	Western	207,755	168,280	Template:Convert	{{#expr:168,280/23 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டை	File:Fountain at Diyatha Uyana.JPG	Kotte	Colombo	Western	135,806	107,925	Template:Convert	{{#expr:107,925/17 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Negombo මීගමුව நீர்கொழும்பு	File:Flickr - ronsaunders47 - NEGOMBO LAGOON,SRI LANKA. 2.jpg	Negombo	Gampaha	Western	127,754	142,449	Template:Convert	{{#expr:142,449/31 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Kandy මහනුවර கண்டி	File:Kandy Lake (8).jpg	Kandy	Kandy	Central	125,351	98,828	Template:Convert	{{#expr:98,828/27 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Kalmunai කල්මුනේ கல்முனை	File:Kalmunai Paddy Fields.jpg	Kalmunai Muslim / Kalmunai Tamil / Sainthamarathu	Ampara	Eastern	106,783	99,893	Template:Convert	{{#expr:99,893/23 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Vavuniya වවුනියාව வவுனியா	File:Vavuniya City.jpg	Vavuniya	Vavuniya	Northern	99,653	34,816				Template:Coord
Galle ගාල්ල காலி	File:GALLE CRICKET GROUND SRI LANKA JAN 2013 (8580281360).jpg	Galle	Galle	Southern	99,478	86,333	Template:Convert	{{#expr:86,333/17 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Trincomalee ත්‍රිකුණාමලය திருகோணமலை	File:Samudragama vu de Koneshwarama.jpg	Trincomalee Town and Gravets	Trincomalee	Eastern	99,135	48,351				Template:Coord
Batticaloa මඩකලපුව மட்டக்களப்பு	File:Batticaloa landscape.JPG	Manmunai North	Batticaloa	Eastern	92,332	86,227	Template:Convert	{{#expr:86,227/75 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Jaffna යාපනය யாழ்ப்பாணம்	File:Jaffna.jpg	Jaffna / Nallur	Jaffna	Northern	88,138	80,829	Template:Convert	{{#expr:80,829/20 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Matale මාතලේ மாத்தளை	File:Matale city skyline.jpg	Matale	Matale	Central	78,864	38,299	Template:Convert	4,051	Template:Coord
Katunayake කටුනායක கட்டுநாயக்கா		Katana	Gampaha	Western	76,816	60,915	21		2,794	Template:Coord
Dambulla දඹුල්ල தம்புள்ளை	File:Dambulla, Sri Lanka - panoramio (59).jpg	Dambulla	Matale	Central	72,306	23,814	Template:Convert	{{#expr:23,814/54 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Kolonnawa කොලොන්නාව கொலன்னாவ		Kolonnawa	Colombo	Western	64,887	60,044				Template:Coord
Anuradhapura අනුරාධපුරය அனுராதபுரம்	File:Anuradhapura 02.jpg	Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura	North Central	63,208	50,595	Template:Convert	{{#expr:50,595/36 round 0}}	Template:Coord
Ratnapura රත්නපුර இரத்தினபுரி	File:Maha Saman Devalaya.jpg	Ratnapura	Ratnapura	Sabaragamuwa	52,170	47,105	Template:Convert	{{#expr:49,477/20 round 0}}	Template:Coord