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There are 417 Councillors in total, ranging from 22 to 7 per council.[4][5]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsUrban councils[edit]Current[edit]Former[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Urban councils[edit]Current[edit]ProvinceDistrictUrban councilMunicipalityEstablished\/ElevatedNo. ofCouncillorsChairmanArea (km\u00b2)[N 1][4]Population(2012)[6]WebsiteWestern1Colombo1KolonnawaKolonnawa11(List)60,0442SeethawakapuraSeethawakapura11(List)30,308seethawakapura.uc.gov.lk3MaharagamaMaharagama22Tiraj Piyaratne (List)196,423maharagama.uc.gov.lk4BoralesgamuwaBoralesgamuwa9(List)60,1105KesbewaKesbewa17Lakshman Perera (List)185,122kesbewa.uc.gov.lk2Gampaha6Wattala-MabolaWattala-Mabola9(List)28,0317PeliyagodaPeliyagoda9(List)27,7368Katunayake-SeeduwaKatunayake-Seeduwa9(List)60,9159MinuwangodaMinuwangoda11(List)7,52310Ja-ElaJa-Ela9Shammika Dias (List)31,2323Kalutara11PanaduraPanadura9(List)30,06912HoranaHorana9(List)9,55013KalutaraKalutara192311Deshakeerthi Al Haj M. M. M. Jauffer (List)32,41714BeruwalaBeruwala9Alhaj Mazahim Mohamed (List)37,793North Western4Kurunegala15KuliyapitiyaKuliyapitiya9(List)5,5095Puttalam16PuttalamPuttalam9K. A. Baiz (List)45,511puttalamuc.com17ChilawChilaw11(List)21,441Central6Kandy18WattegamaWattegama9(List)8,15719KadugannawaKadugannawa11(List)12,65420GampolaGampola15(List)37,87121NawalapitiyaNawalapitiya9(List)13,3387Nuwara Eliya22Hatton-DickoyaHatton-Dickoya9(List)14,58523Talawakele-LindulaTalawakele-Lindula19489Asoka Sepala (List)4,691talawakelle-lindula.uc.gov.lkUva8Badulla24HaputaleHaputale9(List)5,288Southern9Galle25AmbalangodaAmbalangoda12M. W. Aruna Pradeep (List)2019,990ambalangoda.uc.gov.lk26HikkaduwaHikkaduwa11Vinie Kariyawasam (List)27,07510Matara27WeligamaWeligama10Rehan Jayawickreme (SJB)22,37711Hambantota28TangalleTangalle9Anil Sellahendi (List)8,473Sabaragamuwa12Ratnapura29BalangodaBalangoda9(List)16,510balangoda.uc.gov.lk30EmbilipitiyaEmbilipitiya20067Wewelduwe Gnanapraba Thero (List)36,712embilipitiya.uc.gov.lk13Kegalle31KegalleKegalle11(List)15,993Northern14Jaffna32Point PedroPoint Pedro9Sabanayagam Raveenthiran (List)12,33433ValvettithuraiValvettithurai9Nadarajah Anantharaj (List)8,28334ChavakachcheriChavakachcheri11Rapiyel Thevasagayampillai (List)16,12915Mannar35MannarMannar20067Santhanpillai Gnanaprgasam (List)24,41716Vavuniya36VavuniyaVavuniya11Iyaththurai Kanagiah (List)34,816Eastern17Batticaloa37KattankudiKattankudi9Asfar Mohamed Shahul Hameed (List)40,356kattankudy.uc.gov.lk38EravurEravur20119Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (List)24,64318Ampara39AmparaAmpara9Indika Naleen Jayavikrama (List)22,51119Trincomalee40TrincomaleeTrincomalee194012Kanthasamy Selvarajah (List)48,35141KinniyaKinniya20067Mohamad Maharoof Hilmi (List)36,772Former[edit]Elevated to Municipal council status in 1959Elevated to Municipal council status in 1997Elevated to Municipal council status in 2011See also[edit]Parties\u00a0\u00a0United People’s Freedom Alliance\u00a0\u00a0United National Party\u00a0\u00a0Tamil National AllianceReferences[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/urban-councils-of-sri-lanka\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Urban councils of Sri Lanka"}}]}]