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 ; Rishad Bathiudeen ; 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)
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.

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