Mannar district
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Mannar District மன்னார் மாவட்டம் මන්නාරම දිස්ත්රික්කය |
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 DS and GN Divisions of Mannar District, 2006 |
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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 |
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| Government | |
| • District Secretary | M. Y. S. Deshapriya |
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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% |
| Area 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) |
| Ethnicity(2012 census) | |
| • Sri Lankan Tamil | 80,568 (81.34%) |
| • Sri Lankan Moors | 16,087 (16.24%) |
| • Sinhalese | 1,961 (1.98%) |
| • Indian Tamil | 394 (0.40%) |
| • Other | 41 (0.04%) |
| Religion(2012 census) | |
| • Christian | 56,932 (57.48%) |
| • Hindu | 23,464 (23.69%) |
| • Muslim | 16,553 (16.71%) |
| • Buddhist | 2,066 (2.09%) |
| • Other | 36 (0.04%) |
| Time zone | Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) |
| 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; Sinhalese: මන්නාරම 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 Mannar.
Between the 5th century BC and 13th century AD, what is now Mannar District was part of Rajarata. Parts Mannar District were thereafter part of the pre-colonial Jaffna kingdom. The district then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon. They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese and Tamil. The district was part of the Tamil administration. In 1833, in accordance with the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission, the ethnic based administrative structures were unified into a single administration divided into five geographic provinces. Mannar District, together with Jaffna District and Vanni District, formed the new Northern Province.
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