Mannar District
Mannar District (Tamil: மன்னார் மாவட்டம் <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">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.
மன்னார் மாவட்டம் මන්නාරම දිස්ත්රික්කය | |
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Coordinates: 08°52′N 80°04′E / 8.867°N 80.067°ECoordinates: 08°52′N 80°04′E / 8.867°N 80.067°E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Northern |
Capital | Mannar |
DS Division | List
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Government | |
• District Secretary | M. Y. S. Deshapriya |
• MPs | List
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• MPCs | List
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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)[2] | |
• Total | 99,051 |
• Rank | 24th (0.49% of total pop.) |
• Density | 49.625/km2 (128.53/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
Post Codes | 41000-41999 |
ISO 3166 code | LK-43 |
Vehicle registration | NP |
Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
Website | Mannar District Secretariat |
Geography
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]
Mannar District Media
Northern pintail in Mannar District
References
- ↑ 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
- Media related to Mannar District at Wikimedia Commons
- Mannar District Secretariat