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HAMBANTOTAProvince Southern Province
District Hambantota District
Elevation 3 ft (1 m)
Population (2001)
- Total 11,213
Time zone +05:30
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Hambantota DistrictArea
-Land
-Inland Water 2,609 km²
2,496 km²
113 km²
Population 526,414 (2001)
Ethnic Groups
-Sinhalese
-Sri Lankan Tamil
-Sri Lankan Moor
-Indian Tamil
-Burgher
-Sri Lankan Malay
-Other
510,965 (97.1%)
1,869 (0.4%)
5,646 (1.1%)
424 (0.1%)
88 (0.0%)
7,255 (1.4%)
167 (0.0%)
Religions
-Buddhism
-Hinduism
-Islam
-Roman Catholic
-Other Christian
-Other
509,987 (96.9%)
1,369 (0.3%)
13,076 (2.5%)
924 (0.2%)
949 (0.2%)
109 (0.0%)
Hambantota District is located on the southeastern coast of
Sri Lanka, in the Southern Province. It has an area of
2,593 km² and a very dry climate. The district capital is
Hambantota town; the administrative headquarters are
located there as well as the center of salt production.
Other prominent towns include Tangalle, Ambalantota,
Tissamaharamaya, 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 along 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.
Demographics
Hambantota District has a population of 525,370 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}
Government and Politics
The idea to develop Hambantota into an international port
has been in the air for over 30 years.
Hambantota is the electoral district of the current
President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa. Hambantota
District comprises of Beliatta, Mulkirigala, Tangalle and
Tissamaharama electoral wards.
Hambantota is also scheduled to host the Commonwealth Heads
of Government Meeting in 2013
Hambantota was badly devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean
Tsunami, which was reported to have killed a large
proportion of the town's population.
Economy
Hambantota is currently undergoing a major infrastructural
development phase with an international airport,
international port, railway line and tele-cinema village
was built, amongst other development.
36,000 ships pass Hambantota every year because it is
only 6-10 nautical miles north of the major east-west
global shipping route across the Indian Ocean.
If Hambantota is developed into a world-class port, ships
could anchor there to re-stock on food, water, fuel, etc.
and save up to 3 days off their journey to Singapore.
It is estimated that 20% of the ships would call at
Hambantota Port. 50,000 jobs will be created.
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