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Kantalai කන්තලේ கந்தளாய்
Divisional Secretariat
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Eastern Province
District	Trincomalee District
Population
• Total	42,861
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Kantalai is a Divisional Secretariat of Trincomalee District, in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. To the north it is bounded by Kinniya and Thambalagamuwa divisional secretariats, and to the east by Seruvila divisional secretariat. In the south it shares a boundary with Polonnaruwa District, while in the west it is bounded by Anuradhapura District, both of which are in the North Central Province.

In 2007 the division had a population of 42,861, of which 78.5 per cent were Sinhalese, 17.7 per cent Moors and 3.7 per cent Tamils. The population included 302 displaced persons, 95.0 per cent of whom had been forced to move by ethnic conflict, and 5.0 per cent by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The division is subdivided into 23 grama niladhari divisions.

References

1. "Basic Population Information on Trincomalee District: Preliminary Report Based on Special Enumeration 2007" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

External links

• Divisional Secretariats Portal

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