The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population over 50,000.
Cities
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! rowspan=2|City
! rowspan=2|Image
! rowspan=2|DS<br>Division
! rowspan=2|District
! rowspan=2|Province
! colspan=2|Population
! colspan=2|Area
! rowspan=2|Density<br>(/km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan=2|Coordinates
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! Conurbation<br>(2012 est)!!Municipality<br>(2012 census)!! km<sup>2</sup> !!mi<sup>2</sup>
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| align=left|Colombo<br>කොළඹ<br>கொழும்பு || 150px || align=left|Colombo /<br>Thimbirigasyaya || align=left|Colombo || align=left|Western || 752,993 || 561,314 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Dehiwala-<br>Mount Lavinia<br>දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස<br>தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை || 150px || align=left|Dehiwala || align=left|Colombo || align=left|Western || 245,974 || 184,468 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Moratuwa<br>මොරටුව<br>மொறட்டுவை || 150px || align=left|Moratuwa || align=left|Colombo || align=left|Western || 207,755 || 168,280 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte<br>ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ<br>ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டை || 150px || align=left|Kotte || align=left|Colombo || align=left|Western || 135,806 || 107,925 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Negombo<br>මීගමුව<br>நீர்கொழும்பு || 150px || align=left|Negombo || align=left|Gampaha || align=left|Western || 127,754|| 142,449 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Kandy<br>මහනුවර<br>கண்டி || 150px || align=left|Kandy || align=left|Kandy || align=left|Central || 125,351 || 98,828 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Kalmunai<br>කල්මුනේ<br>கல்முனை || 150px || align=left|Kalmunai Muslim /<br>Kalmunai Tamil /<br>Sainthamarathu || align=left|Ampara || align=left|Eastern || 106,783 || 99,893 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Vavuniya<br>වවුනියාව<br>வவுனியா || 150px || align=left|Vavuniya || align=left|Vavuniya || align=left|Northern || 99,653 || 34,816 || || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Galle<br>ගාල්ල<br>காலி || 150px || align=left|Galle || align=left|Galle || align=left|Southern || 99,478 || 86,333 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Trincomalee<br>ත්රිකුණාමලය<br>திருகோணமலை || 150px || align=left|Trincomalee<br>Town and<br>Gravets || align=left|Trincomalee || align=left|Eastern || 99,135 || 48,351 || || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Batticaloa<br>මඩකලපුව<br>மட்டக்களப்பு || 150px || align=left|Manmunai North || align=left|Batticaloa || align=left|Eastern || 92,332 || 86,227 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Jaffna<br>යාපනය<br>யாழ்ப்பாணம் || 150px || align=left|Jaffna /<br>Nallur || align=left|Jaffna || align=left|Northern || 88,138 || 80,829 || || || <small></small>
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| align="left" |Matale<br>මාතලේ<br>மாத்தளை || 150x150px || align="left" |Matale || align="left" |Matale || align="left" |Central || 78,864 || 38,299 ||
| 4,051 || <small></small>
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| align=left|Katunayake<br>කටුනායක<br>கட்டுநாயக்கா || || align=left|Katana || align=left|Gampaha || align=left|Western || 76,816 || 60,915 || 21|| || 2,794|| <small></small>
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| align=left|Dambulla<br>දඹුල්ල<br>தம்புள்ளை || 150px || align=left|Dambulla || align=left|Matale || align=left|Central || 72,306 || 23,814 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Kolonnawa<br>කොලොන්නාව<br>கொலன்னாவ || || align=left|Kolonnawa || align=left|Colombo || align=left|Western || 64,887 || 60,044 || || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Anuradhapura<br>අනුරාධපුරය<br>அனுராதபுரம் || 150px || align=left|Anuradhapura || align=left|Anuradhapura || align=left|North Central || 63,208 || 50,595 || || || <small></small>
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| align=left|Ratnapura<br>රත්නපුර<br>இரத்தினபுரி || 150px || align=left|Ratnapura || align=left|Ratnapura || align=left|Sabaragamuwa || 52,170 || 47,105 || || || <small></small>
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