Kilinochchi District
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Kilinochchi District (Tamil: கிளிநொச்சி மாவட்டம் Kiḷinocci Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: කිලිනොච්චි දිස්ත්රික්කය) 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 town of Kilinochchi.
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Kilinochchi District
கிளிநொச்சி மாவட்டம் කිලිනොච්චි දිස්ත්රික්කය | |
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Coordinates: 09°25′N 80°25′E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Northern |
Created | February 1984 |
Capital | Kilinochchi |
DS Division | |
Government | |
• District Secretary | R. Ketheeswaran |
• MPs | |
• MPCs | List
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Area | |
• Total | 1,279 km2 (494 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,205 km2 (465 sq mi) |
• Water | 74 km2 (29 sq mi) 5.79% |
• Rank | 23rd (1.95% of total area) |
Population (2012 census)[2] | |
• Total | 112,875 |
• Rank | 23rd (0.56% of total pop.) |
• Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Ethnicity (2012 census)[2] | |
• Sri Lankan Tamil | 109,528 (97.03%) |
• Indian Tamil | 1,682 (1.49%) |
• Sinhalese | 962 (0.85%) |
• Sri Lankan Moors | 678 (0.60%) |
• Other | 25 (0.02%) |
Religion (2012 census)[3] | |
• Hindu | 93,084 (82.47%) |
• Christian | 18,118 (16.05%) |
• Buddhist | 945 (0.84%) |
• Muslim | 678 (0.60%) |
• Other | 50 (0.04%) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
ISO 3166 code | LK-42 |
Vehicle registration | NP |
Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
Website | Kilinochchi District Secretariat |
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