Mullaitivu District
Mullaitivu District
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Location within Sri Lanka | |
DS and GN Divisions of Mullaitivu District, 2006 | |
| Coordinates: 09°14′N 80°32′E / 9.233°N 80.533°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| Created | September 1978 |
| Capital | Mullaitivu |
| DS Division | |
| Government | |
| • District Secretary | N. Vethanayagam |
| • MPs | List
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| • MPCs | List
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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% |
| • 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 | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
| 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; Sinhala: මුලතිවු දිස්ත්රික්කය, Mulativu 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 town of Mullaitivu.