Eastern Province
The Eastern Province 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.
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Eastern Province
- Type: province of Sri Lanka with 1,500,000 residents
- Description: province of Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Eastern Province, Sri Lanka”
- Neighbors: Central Province, North Central Province, Northern Province, Southern Province, and Uva
- Location: Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
8.6061° or 8° 36′ 22″ north
Longitude of center
81.202° or 81° 12′ 7″ east
Population
1,500,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Eastern Province” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ምስራቅ ክልል”
- Arabic: “المحافظة الشرقية”
- Arabic: “المقاطعة الشرقية”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərq əyalətinin”
- Bengali: “পূর্বাঞ্চল প্রদেশ, শ্রীলঙ্কা”
- Bengali: “পূর্বাঞ্চল প্রদেশ”
- Bulgarian: “Източна провинция”
- Cebuano: “Eastern Province (lalawigan sa Sri Lanka)”
- Cebuano: “Eastern Province”
- Central Bikol: “Subangan na Probinsya”
- Chinese: “东方省”
- Chinese: “东部省”
- Chinese: “東部省”
- Dutch: “Oostelijke Provincie”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Provinco”
- Finnish: “Sri Lankan itäinen provinssi”
- French: “Province de l’Est”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი პროვინცია”
- German: “Ostprovinz”
- Greek: “Ανατολική επαρχία”
- Hausa: “Lardin Gabas”
- Hebrew: “מחוז המזרח”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी प्रान्त, श्रीलंका”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी प्रान्त”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Timur, Sri Lanka”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Timur”
- Italian: “provincia Orientale”
- Italian: “Provincia Orientale”
- Japanese: “東部州 (スリランカ)”
- Japanese: “東部州”
- Javanese: “Provinsi Timur”
- Kazakh: “Шығыс облысы”
- Kirghiz: “Чыгыш облусу”
- Korean: “동부주”
- Malay: “Wilayah Timur”
- Marathi: “पूर्व प्रांत”
- Marathi: “पूर्वी प्रांत”
- Nepali: “पूर्वी प्रदेश (श्रीलङ्का)”
- Nepali: “पूर्वी प्रदेश”
- Northern Frisian: “Uast Prowins”
- Oromo: “Gida Bahaasi”
- Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬ ਸੂਬਾ”
- Persian: “استان شرقی (سریلانکا)”
- Persian: “استان شرقی”
- Polish: “Prowincja Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Este”
- Portuguese: “Província Leste”
- Portuguese: “Província Oriental”
- Pushto: “ختيځ ولایت”
- Romanian: “Provincia de Est, Sri Lanka”
- Romanian: “Provincia de Est”
- Russian: “Восточная провинция”
- Sinhala: “Næ̆gĕnahira”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර පළාත, ශ් රී ලංකාව”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර පළාත, ශ්රී ලංකාව”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර පළාත”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර”
- Somali: “Gobalka Bari”
- Spanish: “Provincia del Este”
- Spanish: “Provincia Oriental”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Mashariki”
- Swedish: “Eastern Province, Sri Lanka”
- Swedish: “Östprovinsen i Sri Lanka”
- Swedish: “Östprovinsen, Sri Lanka”
- Swedish: “Östprovinsen”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Шарқӣ”
- Tamil: “Kiḻakku”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கிலங்கை”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு மாகாணம், இலங்கை”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு”
- Tamil: “கீழ் மாகாணம்”
- Tatar: “Көнчыгыш провинциясе”
- Tatar: “Чыгыш өлкәсе”
- Ukrainian: “Східна провінція”
- Urdu: “مشرقی صوبہ، سری لنکا”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy viloyat”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Bộ”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Phía Đông”
- Wu Chinese: “东部省 (斯里兰卡)”
- Wu Chinese: “东部省（斯里兰卡）”
- Wu Chinese: “东部省”
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