Ampara District (Tamil: அம்பாறை மாவட்டம், romanized: Ampāṟai Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: අම්පාර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, romanized: Ampāra Distrikkaya) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second-level administrative divisions of the country.

[4][5] Ampara District is located in the south east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province.

Division) is separated from the rest of the district and Eastern Province by the Maduru Oya Reservoir.

The population of the district, like the rest of the east and north, was affected by the civil war.

Many Sri Lankan Tamils also moved to the relative safety of the capital Colombo.