Vavuniya District
வவுனியா மாவட்டம் වවුනියා දිස්ත්රික්කය | |
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![]() Location within Sri Lanka | |
![]() DS and GN Divisions of Vavuniya District, 2006 | |
Coordinates: 08°50′N 80°30′E / 8.833°N 80.500°E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Northern |
Capital | Vavuniya |
DS Division | |
Government | |
• District Secretary | S. M. Saman Bandulasena |
• MPs | List
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• MPCs | List
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Area | |
• Total | 1,967 km2 (759 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,861 km2 (719 sq mi) |
• Water | 106 km2 (41 sq mi) 5.39% |
• Rank | 15th (3.00% of total area) |
Population (2012 census)[2] | |
• Total | 171,511 |
• Rank | 22nd (0.85% of total pop.) |
• Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Ethnicity (2012 census)[2] | |
• Sri Lankan Tamil | 141,269 (82.37%) |
• Sinhalese | 17,191 (10.02%) |
• Sri Lankan Moors | 11,700 (6.82%) |
• Indian Tamil | 1,292 (0.75%) |
• Other | 59 (0.03%) |
Religion (2012 census)[3] | |
• Hindu | 119,286 (69.55%) |
• Christian | 22,820 (13.31%) |
• Buddhist | 16,688 (9.73%) |
• Muslim | 12,341 (7.20%) |
• Other | 376 (0.22%) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
Post Codes | 43000-43999 |
Telephone Codes | 024 |
ISO 3166 code | LK-44 |
Vehicle registration | NP |
Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
Website | Vavuniya District Secretariat |
Vavuniya District (Tamil: வவுனியா மாவட்டம் Vavuṉiyā Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: වවුනියා 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 the city of Vavuniya.
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