Current Statistics of 25 Districts in 9 Provinces of  Sri Lanka. Note that although the Northern Province has Five Administrative Districts, it has only two Electorial Districts. Therefore there are only 22 Electorial Districts in Sri Lanka. In 1833 a legislative council was created, making the island a politically and administratively single unit. Five provinces were created, later expanded into nine, and these were subdivided into twenty-one districts. These districts were administered by officials known as Government Agents or Assistant Government Agents. In 1955, the district replaced the province as the country's main administrative unit. Ampara District was created in April 1961, followed by the creation of Mullaitivu and Gampaha districts in September 1978 through a new constitution, which also reintroduced the province as the main administrative unit. The last district to be created was Kilinochchi in Feb