Eastern Province கிழக்கு மாகாணம் නැගෙනහිර පළාත
Province
Fishing boats on Batticaloa Lagoon
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Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 07°55′N 81°30′E / 7.917°N 81.500°E / 7.917; 81.500
Country	Sri Lanka
Created	1 October 1833
Provincial council	14 November 1987
Capital	Trincomalee
Largest City	Kalmunai
Districts	List Ampara Batticaloa Trincomalee
Government
• Type	Provincial council
• Body	Eastern Provincial Council
• Governor	R.Adm Mohan Wijewickrama
• Chief Minister	M. N. Abdul Majeed
• MPs	List P. Ariyanethiran A. L. M. Athaullah P. Dayaratna Cassim Faizal M. K. A. S. Gunawardena H. M. M. Harees Alim Mohammad Hisbullah Podiappuhamy Piyasena Susantha Punchinilame R. Sampanthan Basheer Segu Dawood P. Selvarasa M. S. Thowfeek Sarath Weerasekara Sriyani Wijewickrama S. Yogeswaran
Area [1]
• Total	9,996 km2 (3,859 sq mi)
• Land	9,361 km2 (3,614 sq mi)
• Water	635 km2 (245 sq mi)  6.35%
• Rank	2nd (15.24% of total area)
Population  (2012 census)[2]
• Total	1,551,381
• Rank	6th (7.66% of total pop.)
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Post Codes	30000-32999
Telephone Codes	026, 063, 065, 067
ISO 3166 code	LK-5
Vehicle registration	EP
Official Languages	Tamil, Sinhala
Website	Eastern Provincial Council

The Eastern Province (Tamil: கிழக்கு மாகாணம் Kil̮akku Mākāṇam; Sinhala: නැගෙනහිර පළාත Næ̆gĕnahira Paḷāta) 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.^[3][4] 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 9,996 square kilometres (3,859 sq mi).^[1]

• Media related to Eastern Province, Sri Lanka at Wikimedia Commons
• Eastern Provincial Council