Nagapattinam district

Nagapattinam district
District of Tamil Nadu
Clockwise from top-left: Sri Soundararajaperumal temple in Nagapattinam, Nagore Dargah, Agnipureeswarar Temple, Thirupugalur, Salt pans in Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in Velankanni
Location in Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 10°46′1.2″N 79°49′58.8″E / 10.767000°N 79.833000°E / 10.767000; 79.833000
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	18 October 1991
Founded by	J. Jayalalithaa
Taluks	Kilvelur, Nagapattinam, Thirukkuvalai, Vedaranyam
Government
• Type	Municipality
• District Collector	A. Arun Thamburaj, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	G. Jawahar, IPS
Area
• Total	1,397 km2 (539 sq mi)
• Rank	36
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	697,069
• Rank	37
• Density	498/km2 (1,290/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	04365
ISO 3166 code	ISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registration	TN-51[1]
Lok Sabha constituency	2
Vidhan Sabha constituency	5
Website	nagapattinam.nic.in

Nagapattinam district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Nagapattinam district was carved out by bifurcating the erstwhile composite Thanjavur district on 19 October 1991. The town of Nagapattinam is the district headquarters.

Until Mayiladuthurai district was created out of it on 24 March 2020, Nagapattinam was the only discontiguous district in Tamil Nadu.