Mannar District

Mannar District

மன்னார் மாவட்டம்
මන්නාරම දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Mannar District மன்னார் மாவட்டம்; මන්නාරම දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Administrative District
	Location within Sri Lanka
	DS and GN Divisions of Mannar District, 2006
	Coordinates: 08°52′N 80°04′E / 8.867°N 80.067°E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern
Capital	Mannar
DS Division	List Madhu; Mannar; Manthai West; Musali; Nanaddan;
Government
• District Secretary	M. Y. S. Deshapriya
• MPs	List Selvam Adaikalanathan ; Sivasakthy Ananthan ; Risad Badhiutheen ; Hunais Farook ; Muthali Bawa Farook ; Vino Noharathalingam ;
• MPCs	List B. Deniswaran ; G. Gunaseelan ; S. M. Rasik ; A. A. Rizwhan ; S. R. P. Sraiva ;
Area
• Total	1,996 km2 (771 sq mi)
• Land	1,880 km2 (730 sq mi)
• Water	116 km2 (45 sq mi) 5.81%
• Rank	13th (3.04% of total area)
Population (2012 census)
• Total	99,051
• Rank	24th (0.49% of total pop.)
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Post Codes	41000-41999
Telephone Codes	023
ISO 3166 code	LK-43
Vehicle registration	NP
Official Languages	Tamil, Sinhala
Website	Mannar District Secretariat

Mannar District (Tamil: மன்னார் மாவட்டம் Maṉṉār Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: මන්නාරම දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. Districts are the second-level administrative divisions of the country. The capital of the district is the town of Mannar.

Geography change

Mannar District is in the north west of Sri Lanka. It is part of the Northern Province. It has an area of 1,996 square kilometres (771 sq mi).^[1]

References change

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
↑ "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

Other websites change

Media related to Mannar District at Wikimedia Commons
Mannar District Secretariat

[area-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.

[2012eth-2] "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

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