Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The Eastern Province ( '; ') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka. The capital of the province is Trincomalee.
Provinces are the first level administrative division of the country. Provinces in Sri Lanka were created in the 19th century. Provincial councils were created in 1987 by a change to the Constitution. Between 1988 and 2006 the Northern Province and the Eastern Province were temporarily put together to make the North Eastern Province.
The Eastern Province has an area of .