North Central Province, Sri Lanka

North Central Province
උතුරු මැද පළාත
வட மத்திய மாகாணம்
Uturumeda Province
Province

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Location within Sri Lanka
Country Sri Lanka
Created 1873
Admitted 14 November 1987
Capital Anuradhapura
Largest City Anuradhapura
Government
 • Governor P. B. Dissanayake
 • Chief Minister Peshala Jayarathne
Area
 • Total 10,472 km2 (4,043 sq mi)
Area rank 1st (16.31% of total area)
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 1,259,567
 • Rank 8th (5.91% of total pop.)
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Gross Regional Product (2010)[1]
 • Total Rs 232 billion
 • Rank 7th (4.8% of total)
Time zone Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code LK-7
Official Languages Sinhala, Tamil
Website www.nc.gov.lk

North Central Province (Sinhalese: උතුරු මැද පළාත Uturumeda Palata, Tamil: வட மத்திய மாகாணம் Wada Maththiya Maakaanam) is a province of Sri Lanka. Its capital is Anuradhapura. The province is not densely populated, and it has a weak economy as the land tends to be dry tropical woodlands.

History

The centralized system of Sri Lanka, which is a Unitary State, failed to satisfy the aspirations of the people and there was growing insistence on decentralization of administrative processes in order to achieve rapid economic and social development of the country. In the Sri Lankan context, devolution means transferring political and administrative decision-making authority from central government to elected bodies at lower levels.

Major Cities

Other Towns

The instruments of devolution:

(i) The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1987) and

(ii)The Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution provides for -

The establishment of Provincial Councils

The appointment and powers of the Governor of Provinces

Membership and tenure of Provincial Councils

The appointment and powers of the Board of Ministers

The legislative powers of the Provincial Councils

Alternative arrangements where there is a failure in the administrative machinery

The establishment of the High Court of the Province

The establishment of the Finance Commission


Provincial Council

Provincial council is the main administrative and control body of the North Central Province which is the largest province in the country covered 16% of total country's land area. It consists two districts called Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapure; Anuradhapure is the largest district in the country. NCP also called Wew Bendi Rajje because there are more than 3000 medium and large scale tanks situated in the province. More than 65% of NCP's people depend on basic Agriculture and agro base industries.

North Central Province has numourous potentials for Investors to start their Businesses, specially Agriculture, agro based industries and Livestock sectors.

Hon. Governor of the Province - Hon.P.B.Dissanayake

Hon. Chief Minister of the province - peshala jayarathne bandra

Chief Secretary of the province - K.A.Thilakaratne

Administrative Units

The two districts of the North Central Province.

Districts

Uturumeda is divided into 2 districts:

Education

Anuradhapura

Polonnaruwa

See also

References

  1. ↑ :.News Line : North, East record highest GDP growth rate

External links

 Northern Province Northern Province Eastern Province
North Western Province Eastern Province
   North Central Province  
North Western Province Central Province Eastern Province

Coordinates: 8°20′N 80°30′E / 8.333°N 80.500°E / 8.333; 80.500

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