Trincomalee District
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Trincomalee District திருகோணமலை மாவட்டம் ත්රිකුණාමළය දිස්ත්රික්කය |
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Trincomalee Bay
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 Administrative units of Trincomalee District in 2006 |
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| Coordinates: 08°35′N 81°05′E / 8.583°N 81.083°ECoordinates: 08°35′N 81°05′E / 8.583°N 81.083°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Eastern |
| Capital | Trincomalee |
| DS Division | |
| Government | |
| • District Secretary | Mr.H.A.A.Pushmakumara |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 2,727 km2 (1,053 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,529 km2 (976 sq mi) |
| • Water | 198 km2 (76 sq mi) 7.26% |
| Area rank | 11th (4.16% of total area) |
| Population (2012 census) | |
| • Total | 378,182 |
| • Rank | 21st (1.87% of total pop.) |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity(2012 census) | |
| • Moor | 152,854 (40.42%) |
| • Sri Lankan Tamil | 115,549 (30.55%) |
| • Sinhalese | 101,991 (26.97%) |
| • Indian Tamil | 6,531 (1.73%) |
| • Other | 1,257 (0.33%) |
| Religion(2012 census) | |
| • Muslim | 159,251 (42.11%) |
| • Buddhist | 98,772 (26.12%) |
| • Hindu | 98,133 (25.95%) |
| • Christian | 21,892 (5.79%) |
| • Other | 134 (0.04%) |
| Time zone | Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30) |
| Post Codes | 31000-31999 |
| Telephone Codes | 026 |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-53 |
| Vehicle registration | EP |
| Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
| Website | Trincomalee District Secretariat |
Trincomalee District (Tamil: திருகோணமலை மாவட்டம் Tirukŏṇamalai Māvaṭṭam; Sinhalese: ත්රිකුණාමළය 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 city of Trincomalee.
Trincomalee District is located in the east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province. It has an area of 2,727 square kilometres (1,053 sq mi).
Trincomalee District is divided into 11 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 230 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).
Trincomalee District's population was 378,182 in 2012.
The population of the district, like the rest of the east and north, has been heavily 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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