Ampara District

Ampara District ( ""; ) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. Districts are the second-level administrative divisions of the country. Ampara District is part of the Eastern Province. The capital of the district is the town of Ampara.
The district was separated from the southern part of Batticaloa District in April 1961.
Geography.
The Ampara District is in the southeast part of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province. It has an area of .