Jaffna District
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Jaffna District (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் மாவட்டம் Yāḻppāṇam Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: යාපනය දිස්ත්රික්කය yāpanaya distrikkaya) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Jaffna.
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Jaffna District
யாழ்ப்பாணம் மாவட்டம் යාපනය දිස්ත්රික්කය | |
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Coordinates: 09°40′N 80°10′E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Northern |
Capital | Jaffna |
DS Division | |
Government | |
• District Secretary | Kanapathipillai Mahesan[1] |
• MPs | |
• MPCs | List
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Area | |
• Total | 1,025 km2 (396 sq mi) |
• Land | 929 km2 (359 sq mi) |
• Water | 96 km2 (37 sq mi) 9.37% |
• Rank | 24th (1.56% of total area) |
Population (2012 census)[3] | |
• Total | 583,378 |
• Rank | 16th (2.88% of total pop.) |
• Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Ethnicity (2012 census)[3] | |
• Sri Lankan Tamil | 577,246 (98.95%) |
• Sinhalese | 3,366 (0.58%) |
• Sri Lankan Moors | 2,139 (0.37%) |
• Indian Tamil | 499 (0.09%) |
• Other | 128 (0.02%) |
Religion (2012 census)[4] | |
• Hindu | 483,900 (82.95%) |
• Christian | 94,146 (16.14%) |
• Buddhist | 2,533 (0.43%) |
• Muslim | 2,455 (0.42%) |
• Other | 344 (0.06%) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
Post Codes | 40000-40999 |
Telephone Codes | 021 |
ISO 3166 code | LK-41 |
Vehicle registration | NP |
Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
Website | Jaffna District Secretariat |
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