Mullaitivu District

Mullaitivu District

முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டம்
මුලතිවු දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Mullaitivu District முல்லைத்தீவு மாவட்டம்; මුලතිවු දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Administrative District
	Iranamadu tank
	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	List Manthai East; Maritimepattu; Oddusuddan; Puthukudiyiruppu; Thunukkai;
Government
• District Secretary	N. Vethanayagam
• MPs	List Selvam Adaikalanathan ; Sivasakthy Ananthan ; Risad Badhiutheen ; Hunais Farook ; Muthali Bawa Farook ; Vino Noharathalingam ;
• MPCs	List A. L. Y. J. Cassim ; Anton Jeyanathan ; T. Raviharan ; S. Sivamohan ; K. Swami Veerabahu ;
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)
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) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. Districts are the second level administrative divisions of the country. The capital of the district is the town of Mullaitivu.

Mullaitivu District is in the north east of Sri Lanka. It is part of the Northern Province. It has an area of 2,617 square kilometres (1,010 sq mi).^[1]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
↑ "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

Other websites[change | change source]

Media related to Mullaitivu District at Wikimedia Commons
Mullaitivu District Secretariat

[area-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.

[2012eth-2] "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

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