| coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country| subdivision_name = Sri LankaProvinces of Sri Lanka>ProvinceSouthern Province, Sri Lanka>Southern Province | parts_type = Divisions| parts_style = listDivisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka>Divisional Secretariats: 12| p2 = Grama Niladhari: 576| established_title = Created| established_date = | seat_type = Largest Town| seat = Hambantota| government_footnotes = Government Agent (Sri Lanka)>District Secretary| leader_name = W. H. Karunarathne| leader_title1 = Local| leader_name1 = {hide}collapsible list

| Municipal Councils: 1
| Urban Councils: 1
| Pradeishiya Sabhas: 10

{edih}| unit_pref = Metric| area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 2,609| area_land_km2 = 2,496| area_water_km2 = 113| area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 596,617| population_as_of = 2011| population_density_km2 = auto| population_note = | timezone1 = Sri Lanka| utc_offset1 = +05:30LK-33)| website = hambantota.dist.gov.lk/| footnotes = }}Hambantota District ( hambantoá¹a distrikkaya; AmpÄntÅá¹á¹ai mÄvaá¹á¹am) is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka.Hambantota District is located on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. It has an area of {{cvt|2,593|sqkm}} and a very dry climate. The district capital is Hambantota town; the administrative headquarters are there as well as the center of salt production. Other prominent towns include Tangalle, Ambalantota, Tissamaharama, and Beliatta.Before modern development took place after the country gained independence in 1948, the agriculture in the district was characterised by swidden cultivation (chena or slash-and-burn) and, to some extent, paddy cultivation on non-irrigated land. In the highlands, kurakkan — a grain used to make an eatable paste — was cultivated with other grains such as corn. Leonard Woolf’s Village in the Jungle provides a highly interesting and insightful account of the people, the land and issues of concern during the British Colonial period as he worked as an assistant government agent for Hambantota.The area has traditionally been home to Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Malay people, who collectively make up 98% of the district’s population. The long history of Malay settlement in the district has impacted the local culture of Hambantota, with Sri Lankan Malay being a shared language between the Sri Lankan Malays and some members of the Sinhalese communitysealang.net/archives/nusa/pdf/nusa-v50-p43-57.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Demographics

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{{stack end}}{{Pie chart|thumb = right|caption = Religion in Hambantota District (2011)Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011|label1 = Buddhism|value1 = 96.8|color1 = Gold|label2 = Islam|value2 = 2.5|color2 = Green|label3 = Christianity|value3 = 0.5|color3 = Blue|label4 = Hinduism|value4 = 0.2|color4 = DarkOrange}}{{Pie chart|thumb = right|caption = Ethnicity in Hambantota District (2011)Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011Sinhalese people>Sinhalese|value1 = 97.05|color1 = Gold|label2 = Sri Lankan Malays|value2 = 1.39|color2 = Green|label3 = Sri Lankan Moors|value3 = 1.1|color3 = Blue|label4 = Sri Lankan Tamils|value4 = 0.35|color4 = ChocolateBurgher people>Burgher|value5 = 0.02|color5 = RedIndian Tamils of Sri Lanka>Indian Tamils|value6 = 0.02|color6 = Pink|label7 = Others|value7 = 0.07|color7 = Black}}Hambantota District has a population of 596,617 (2011) of whom 96% are considered rural residents. Some 13.4% of the labor force of 244,847 is unemployed — in comparison to the national average of 8.3%. Of those employed, 42.2% are in the agricultural sector, 23.3% in industry with the remaining 34.5% working in the services sector.Source: Department of Census & Statistics - Sri Lanka{{Full citation needed|date=September 2020}}

Politics and government

Local government

Hambantota District has 12 local authorities of which one is a Municipal Council, one is an Urban Council and the remaining 10 are Divisional Councils (Pradeshiya Sabha).{| class=“wikitable” border=“1” style="text-align:right;”! style="vertical-align:bottom;” rowspan=3|Local Authority! style="vertical-align:bottom;” rowspan=3|RegisteredElectors(2018)! colspan=6|Elected Members (2018)! style="width:50px;“|SLPP ! style="width:50px;“|UNP ! style="width:50px;“|JVP ! style="width:50px;“|UPFA ! style="width:50px;“|Other || style="width:50px;“|Total! style="background:{{party color|Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna}}“|! style="background:{{party color|United National Party}}“|! style="background:{{party color|Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna}}“|! style="background:{{party color|United People’s Freedom Alliance}}“|! ! Ambalantota Pradeshiya Sabha 57,291 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 32 Angunakolapellessa Pradeshiya Sabha 40,491 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 20 Beliatte Pradeshiya Sabha 45,849 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 29 Hambantota Municipal Council 17,098 7 bgcolor=“#66EE66”| 21Hambantota Pradeshiya Sabha 27,182 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 14Katuwana Pradeshiya Sabha 55,864 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 30Lunugamvehera Pradeshiya Sabha 26,212 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 16Suriyawewa Pradeshiya Sabha 34,041 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 11Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha 51,361 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 29Tangalle Urban Council 6,808 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 18Tissamaharama Pradeshiya Sabha 55,479 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 23Weeraketiya Pradeshiya Sabha 66,827 bgcolor=“#FEC0C6”| 36 style="font-weight:bold”Total 484,503 144 71 32 29 3 279

Towns

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