Back Vavuniya District CEB Vavuniya (Distrikt) German Distrito de Vavuniya Spanish ناحیه واوونیا Persian Vavuniyan piirikunta Finnish Vavuniya (district) French वावुनिया जिला Hindi Distrik Vavuniya ID Distretto di Vavuniya Italian バブニヤ県 Japanese
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.