North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

North Eastern Province
North Eastern Province
Historical Province
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	Location within Sri Lanka
	Coordinates: 8°15′N 81°20′E / 8.250°N 81.333°E
Country	Sri Lanka
Created	September 1988
Admitted	September 1988
Abolished	31 December 2006
Capital	Trincomalee
Largest City	Jaffna
Area
• Total	18,880 km2 (7,290 sq mi)
• Land	17,651 km2 (6,815 sq mi)
• Rank	1st (28.78% of total area)
Population (2003)
• Total	2,460,565
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Official Languages	Tamil, Sinhala

The North Eastern Province was one of the provinces of Sri Lanka. The province was created in September 1988 by merging the Northern and Eastern provinces.^[2] This merger was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 2006.^[2] The province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007. The capital of the province was Trincomalee.

^ Department of Census & Statistics Statistical Abstract 2007 (Area & Climate) Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "North-East merger illegal:SC". LankaNewspapers.com. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2009.

[area-1] Department of Census & Statistics Statistical Abstract 2007 (Area & Climate) Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[lnp-2] "North-East merger illegal:SC". LankaNewspapers.com. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2009.

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