Batticaloa district
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Batticaloa District மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික්කය |
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 Administrative units of Batticaloa District in 2007 |
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| Coordinates: 07°50′N 81°20′E / 7.833°N 81.333°ECoordinates: 07°50′N 81°20′E / 7.833°N 81.333°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Eastern |
| Capital | Batticaloa |
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| Government | |
| • District Secretary | P. S. M. Charles |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 2,854 km2 (1,102 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,610 km2 (1,010 sq mi) |
| • Water | 244 km2 (94 sq mi) 8.55% |
| Area rank | 9th (4.35% of total area) |
| Population (2012 census) | |
| • Total | 525,142 |
| • Rank | 17th (2.59% of total pop.) |
| • Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity(2012 census) | |
| • Sri Lankan Tamil | 381,285 (72.61%) |
| • Moor | 133,844 (25.49%) |
| • Sinhalese | 6,127 (1.17%) |
| • Burgher | 2,794 (0.53%) |
| • Other | 1,092 (0.21%) |
| Religion(2012 census) | |
| • Hindu | 338,983 (64.55%) |
| • Muslim | 133,939 (25.51%) |
| • Christian | 46,300 (8.82%) |
| • Buddhist | 5,787 (1.10%) |
| • Other | 133 (0.03%) |
| Time zone | Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) |
| Post Codes | 30000-30999 |
| Telephone Codes | 065 |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-51 |
| Vehicle registration | EP |
| Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
| Website | Batticaloa District Secretariat |
Batticaloa District (Tamil: மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் Maṭṭakkaḷappu Māvaṭṭam; Sinhalese: මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික්කය maḍakalapūva 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 Batticaloa. Ampara District was carved out of the southern part of Batticaloa District in April 1961.
Batticaloa District is located in the east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province. It has an area of 2,854 square kilometres (1,102 sq mi).
Batticaloa District is divided into 14 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent). The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 346 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).
Batticaloa District's population was 525,142 in 2012. The population of the district mostly Sri Lankan Tamil.
The population of the district, like the rest of the east and north, was affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to the West during the war. Many Sri Lankan Tamils also moved to the relative safety of the capital Colombo. The war also caused many people from all ethnic and religious groups who lived in the district to flee to other parts of Sri Lanka, though most of them have returned to the district since the end of the civil war.
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