Back Jaffna District CEB Jaffna (Distrikt) German Distrito de Jaffna Spanish ناحیه جفنا Persian Jaffnan piirikunta Finnish Jaffna (district) French जफ़ना जिला Hindi Distretto di Jaffna Italian ジャフナ県 Japanese ჯაფნის ოლქი Georgian
Jaffna District
யாழ்ப்பாணம் மாவட்டம் යාපනය දිස්ත්රික්කය | |
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 Location within Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates: 09°40′N 80°10′E / 9.667°N 80.167°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| Capital | Jaffna |
| DS Division | |
| Government | |
| • District Secretary | Kanapathipillai Mahesan[1] |
| • MPs | |
| • MPCs | List
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| Area | |
| • Total | 1,025 km2 (396 sq mi) |
| • Land | 929 km2 (359 sq mi) |
| • Water | 96 km2 (37 sq mi) 9.37% |
| • Rank | 24th (1.56% of total area) |
| Population (2012 census)[3] | |
| • Total | 583,378 |
| • Rank | 16th (2.88% of total pop.) |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity (2012 census)[3] | |
| • Sri Lankan Tamil | 577,246 (98.95%) |
| • Sinhalese | 3,366 (0.58%) |
| • Sri Lankan Moors | 2,139 (0.37%) |
| • Indian Tamil | 499 (0.09%) |
| • Other | 128 (0.02%) |
| Religion (2012 census)[4] | |
| • Hindu | 483,900 (82.95%) |
| • Christian | 94,146 (16.14%) |
| • Buddhist | 2,533 (0.43%) |
| • Muslim | 2,455 (0.42%) |
| • Other | 344 (0.06%) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
| Post Codes | 40000-40999 |
| Telephone Codes | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-41 |
| Vehicle registration | NP |
| Official Languages | Tamil, Sinhala |
| Website | Jaffna District Secretariat |
Jaffna District (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் மாவட்டம் Yāḻppāṇam Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: යාපනය දිස්ත්රික්කය yāpanaya 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 city of Jaffna.
- ^ "District Secretary - Jaffna". Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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