Back Mannar District CEB Mannar (Distrikt) German Distrito de Mannar Spanish ناحیه منار Persian Mannarin piirikunta Finnish Mannar (district) French मन्नार जिला Hindi Distrik Mannar ID Distretto di Mannar Italian マンナール県 Japanese
Mannar District
மன்னார் மாவட்டம் මන්නාරම දිස්ත්රික්කය | |
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 Location within Sri Lanka | |
 DS and GN Divisions of Mannar District, 2006 | |
| Coordinates: 08°52′N 80°04′E / 8.867°N 80.067°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| Capital | Mannar |
| DS Division | |
| Government | |
| • District Secretary | C. A. Mohan Ras |
| • MPs | List
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| • MPCs | List
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| Area | |
| • 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.