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Central Province, Sri Lanka
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Central Province, Sri Lanka
The
Central Province
(
Madhyama Palata
,
Malaiyakam Maakaanam
) is one of the nine
provinces
of
Sri Lanka
, the first level
administrative division
of the country. (The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the
13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka
established
provincial councils
.) The Central Province is primarily in the central mountainous terrain of
Sri Lanka
. It is the 6th largest province by area and is home to 2.5 million people. It is bordered by
North Central Province
to the north,
Uva Province
to the east,
North Western Province
to the west and
Sabaragamuwa Province
to the south and west. The province's capital is
Kandy
.
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