(1) Ampara District.
Ampara district's population was 610,719 in 2007[2]. The district is one of the most diverse in Sri Lanka, both ethnically and religiously.
The population of the district, like the rest of the North and East, has been affected by the civil war. The war has killed an estimated 70,000 people[3]. Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as 400,000[4], have emigrated to the West since the start of the war. There are a further 800,000 internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka, many of them living in refugee camps in the North and East and depending on aid provided by NGOs[5]. There are approximately 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees is India[6]. Many Sri Lankan Tamils have also moved to the relative safety of Colombo. The war has also caused many people from all ethnic and religious groups who lived in the district to flee to other parts of Sri Lanka.
Photos.
Fishermen in Ampara.
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