Mullaitivu District
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Mullaitivu District முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டம் මුලතිවු දිස්ත්රික්කය |
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 DS and GN Divisions of Mullaitivu District, 2006 |
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| Coordinates: 09°14′N 80°32′E / 9.233°N 80.533°ECoordinates: 09°14′N 80°32′E / 9.233°N 80.533°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| Created | September 1978 |
| Capital | Mullaitivu |
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| Government | |
| • District Secretary | N. Vethanayagam |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 2,617 km2 (1,010 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,415 km2 (932 sq mi) |
| • Water | 202 km2 (78 sq mi) 7.72% |
| Area rank | 11th (3.99% of total area) |
| Population (2012 census) | |
| • Total | 91,947 |
| • Rank | 25th (0.45% of total pop.) |
| • Density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity(2012 census) | |
| • Sri Lankan Tamil | 79,081 (86.01%) |
| • Sinhalese | 8,851 (9.63%) |
| • Indian Tamil | 2,182 (2.37%) |
| • Sri Lankan Moors | 1,760 (1.91%) |
| • Other | 73 (0.08%) |
| Religion(2012 census) | |
| • Hindu | 69,628 (75.73%) |
| • Christian | 11,989 (13.04%) |
| • Buddhist | 8,155 (8.87%) |
| • Muslim | 2,013 (2.19%) |
| • Other | 162 (0.18%) |
| Time zone | Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) |
| Post Codes | 42000-42999 |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-45 |
| Vehicle registration | NP |
| Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
| Website | Mullaitivu District Secretariat |
Mullaitivu District (Tamil: முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டம் Mullaittīvu Māvaṭṭam; Sinhalese: මුලතිවු 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 Mullaitivu.
Parts of present day Mullaitivu District was 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, which was then part of Vanni 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. Vanni District, together with Jaffna District and Mannar District, formed the new Northern Province.
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