Mannar District

Mannar District மன்னார் மாவட்டம் මන්නාරම දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Administrative District
Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 08°52′N 80°04′E / 8.867°N 80.067°E / 8.867; 80.067
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern
Capital	Mannar
DS Division	List Madhu Mannar Manthai West Musali Nanaddan
Government
• District Secretary	C. A. Mohan Ras
• MPs	List Selvam Adaikalanathan Sivasakthy Ananthan Risad Badhiutheen Hunais Farook Muthali Bawa Farook Vino Noharathalingam
• MPCs	List B. Deniswaran G. Gunaseelan S. M. Rasik A. A. Rizwhan S. R. P. Sraiva
Area [1]
• Total	1,996 km2 (771 sq mi)
• Land	1,880 km2 (730 sq mi)
• Water	116 km2 (45 sq mi)  5.81%
• Rank	13th (3.04% of total area)
Population  (2012 census)[2]
• Total	99,051
• Rank	24th (0.49% of total pop.)
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2012 census)[2]
• 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)[3]
• 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	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
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; Sinhala: 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 Mannar, which is located on Mannar Island.