Between the 5th century BC and the 13th century AD present day Jaffna District was part of various Kingdoms such as Pandya, Chola, Pallava, Kalinga, Rajarata. Jaffna District was thereafter part of the pre-colonial Jaffna kingdom.[5] The district then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon. They divided the island into three ethnic-based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese and Tamil. Jaffna District was part of the Tamil administration. In 1833, in accordance with the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission, the ethnic based administrative structures were unified into a single administration divided into five geographic provinces.[6] Jaffna District, together with Mannar District and Vanni District, formed the new Northern Province.[7] At the time that Ceylon gained independence, Jaffna was one of the three districts located in the Northern Province. Parts of the district were transferred to newly created Mullaitivu District in September 1978. Kilinochchi District was carved out of the southern part of Jaffna District in February 1984.
Geography
Jaffna District is located in the far north of Sri Lanka in the Northern Province and occupies most of the Jaffna Peninsula. It has an area of 1,025 square kilometres (396 sq mi).[2] It is divided into four areas geographically:
Jaffna District is divided into 15 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent).[8] The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 435 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).[8]
Jaffna District's population was 583,378 in 2012.[3] It is one of the most densely populated districts of Sri Lanka. The population of the district is almost exclusively Sri Lankan Tamil.
The population of the district, like the rest of the north and east of Sri Lanka, has been heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people.[11] Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to the West during the war.[12] Many Sri Lankan Tamils also moved to the relative safety of the capital Colombo. Most of the Sri Lankan Moors and Sinhalese who lived in the district fled to other parts of Sri Lanka or were forcibly expelled by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Ethnicity
Population of Jaffna District by ethnic group 1881 to 2012[3][13][14][15][a]
Jaffna District has 17 local authorities of which one is a Municipal Council, three are Urban Councils and the remaining 13 are Divisional Councils (Pradesha Sabhai or Pradeshiya Sabha).[8]
On 18 October 2016, Jaffna District twinned with the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in London.[19] This has been a milestone to build “greater understanding and sharing knowledge” in the fields of governance, healthcare and education.[20]
Notes
^Pre-1984 figures include Kilinochchi District which was carved out of the southern part of Jaffna district in February 1984.
^. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ ab(PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
^ abcd. Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
^ ab. Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
^ ab(PDF). Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
^(PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
^"Jaffna District in Facts and Figures". Balasundarapillay.P, Rupamoorthy.k. Teepam Institute. Retrieved 21 Oct 2013.
^Jaffna District Statistical Information 2009. Jaffna District Secretariat. June 2009. p. 32.
^Hammond, Michael. . www.kingston.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
^"New ties for borough as Kingston twins with Jaffna in Sri Lanka". Surrey Comet. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
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jaffna, district, tamil, ணம, வட, டம, yāḻppāṇam, māvaṭṭam, sinhala, පනය, කය, yāpanaya, distrikkaya, districts, lanka, second, level, administrative, division, country, district, administered, district, secretariat, headed, district, secretary, previously, known. Jaffna District Tamil ய ழ ப ப ணம ம வட டம Yaḻppaṇam Mavaṭṭam Sinhala ය පනය ද ස ත ර ක කය yapanaya 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 Jaffna District ய ழ ப ப ணம ம வட டம ය පනය ද ස ත ර ක කයAdministrative DistrictBeachLocation within Sri LankaCoordinates 09 40 N 80 10 E 9 667 N 80 167 E 9 667 80 167 Coordinates 09 40 N 80 10 E 9 667 N 80 167 E 9 667 80 167CountrySri LankaProvinceNorthernCapitalJaffnaDS DivisionList DelftIslands NorthIslands SouthJaffnaKarativuNallurThenmarachchiVadamarachchi EastVadamarachchi NorthVadamarachchi SWValikamam EastValikamam NorthValikamam SouthValikamam SWValikamam WestGovernment District SecretaryKanapathipillai Mahesan 1 MPsList Silvestri AlantineMurugesu ChandrakumarDouglas DevanandaVijayakala MaheswaranSuresh PremachandranE SaravanapavanMavai SenathirajahS SritharanA Vinayagamoorthy MPCsList E ArnoldP AyngaranesanB GajatheepanK KamalendranVinthan KanagaratnamA ParanjothyA RamanathanK SarveswaranAnanthi SasitharanK SayanthanM K ShivajilingamD SiddarthanC V K SivagnanamV SivayoganC SukirthanC V VigneswaranArea 2 Total1 025 km2 396 sq mi Land929 km2 359 sq mi Water96 km2 37 sq mi 9 37 Rank24th 1 56 of total area Population 2012 census 3 Total583 378 Rank16th 2 88 of total pop Density570 km2 1 500 sq mi Ethnicity 2012 census 3 Sri Lankan Tamil577 246 98 95 Sinhalese3 366 0 58 Sri Lankan Moors2 139 0 37 Indian Tamil499 0 09 Other128 0 02 Religion 2012 census 4 Hindu483 900 82 95 Christian94 146 16 14 Buddhist2 533 0 43 Muslim2 455 0 42 Other344 0 06 Time zoneUTC 05 30 Sri Lanka Post Codes40000 40999Telephone Codes021ISO 3166 codeLK 41Vehicle registrationNPOfficial LanguagesTamil SinhalaWebsiteJaffna District Secretariat Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Administrative units 4 Demographics 4 1 Population 4 2 Ethnicity 4 3 Religion 5 Politics and government 5 1 Local government 6 Twinned Regions 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditBetween the 5th century BC and the 13th century AD present day Jaffna District was part of various Kingdoms such as Pandya Chola Pallava Kalinga Rajarata Jaffna District was thereafter part of the pre colonial Jaffna kingdom 5 The district then came under Portuguese Dutch and British control In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures Low Country Sinhalese Kandyan Sinhalese and Tamil Jaffna District was part of the Tamil administration In 1833 in accordance with the recommendations of the Colebrooke Cameron Commission the ethnic based administrative structures were unified into a single administration divided into five geographic provinces 6 Jaffna District together with Mannar District and Vanni District formed the new Northern Province 7 At the time that Ceylon gained independence Jaffna was one of the three districts located in the Northern Province Parts of the district were transferred to newly created Mullaitivu District in September 1978 Kilinochchi District was carved out of the southern part of Jaffna District in February 1984 Geography EditJaffna District is located in the far north of Sri Lanka in the Northern Province and occupies most of the Jaffna Peninsula It has an area of 1 025 square kilometres 396 sq mi 2 It is divided into four areas geographically Thenmarachchi or Thenmaradchi Vadamarachchi or Vadamaradchi Valikamam Jaffna IslandsAdministrative units EditJaffna District is divided into 15 Divisional Secretary s Division DS Divisions each headed by a Divisional Secretary previously known as an Assistant Government Agent 8 The DS Divisions are further sub divided into 435 Grama Niladhari Divisions GN Divisions 8 DS Division Main Town Divisional Secretary GNDivisions 8 Area km2 8 9 Population 2012 Census 10 PopulationDensity km2 Sri LankanTamil Sinhalese Sri Lankan Moors IndianTamil Other TotalDelft A Siri 6 45 3 780 38 0 1 0 3 819 85Islands North Kayts Anton Yoganayagam 15 30 9 846 129 3 19 0 9 997 333Islands South Velanai Manchulathevi Satheesan 30 78 16 379 6 125 15 0 16 525 212Jaffna Jaffna Sugunarathy Theivendram 28 17 48 413 504 1 682 104 56 50 759 2 986Karainagar Karainagar Thevanthini Babu 9 22 9 533 0 0 9 2 9 544 434Nallur Nallur Palasingam Senthilnanthanan 40 38 67 777 199 45 21 6 68 048 1 791Thenmarachchi Chavakachcheri Anjalidevi Santhaseelan 60 221 64 162 247 62 169 45 64 685 293Vadamarachchi East Maruthankerney Nadarajah Thirulinganathan 18 179 12 718 1 3 16 0 12 738 71Vadamarachchi North Point Pedro R T Jeyaseelan 35 29 47 183 167 12 26 1 47 389 1 634Vadamarachchi South West Karaveddy S Sivasri 35 88 45 495 73 18 38 4 45 628 519Valikamam East Kopay Maruthalingam Pradeepan 31 102 72 908 252 101 35 2 73 298 719Valikamam North Tellippalai Kanagarajah Shrimohanan 45 57 28 179 1 336 21 4 6 29 546 518Valikamam South Uduvil M Nanthagopalan 30 30 52 574 190 44 25 0 52 833 1 761Valikamam South West Sandilipay Subramaniyam Muralitharan 28 45 52 039 159 18 8 2 52 226 1 161Valikamam West Chankanai 25 44 46 260 65 5 9 4 46 343 1 053Total 435 1 025 577 246 3 366 2 139 499 128 583 378 569Demographics EditPopulation Edit Jaffna District s population was 583 378 in 2012 3 It is one of the most densely populated districts of Sri Lanka The population of the district is almost exclusively Sri Lankan Tamil The population of the district like the rest of the north and east of Sri Lanka has been heavily affected by the civil war The war killed an estimated 100 000 people 11 Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils possibly as much as one million emigrated to the West during the war 12 Many Sri Lankan Tamils also moved to the relative safety of the capital Colombo Most of the Sri Lankan Moors and Sinhalese who lived in the district fled to other parts of Sri Lanka or were forcibly expelled by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Ethnicity Edit Population of Jaffna District by ethnic group 1881 to 2012 3 13 14 15 a Year Tamil b Sinhalese Muslim c Other TotalNo No No No No 1881 Census 261 902 98 61 80 0 03 2 648 1 00 953 0 36 265 5831891 Census 275 227 98 55 131 0 05 3 049 1 09 877 0 31 279 2841901 Census 296 805 98 66 226 0 08 3 078 1 02 742 0 25 300 8511911 Census 321 908 98 53 403 0 12 3 485 1 07 916 0 28 326 7121921 Census 324 874 98 29 1 042 0 32 3 748 1 13 877 0 27 330 5411946 Census 413 264 97 29 4 546 1 07 5 620 1 32 1 358 0 32 424 7881963 Census 597 920 97 50 5 630 0 92 8 600 1 40 1 080 0 18 613 2301971 Census 673 043 95 56 20 402 2 90 10 312 1 46 593 0 08 704 3501981 Census 812 247 97 73 4 615 0 56 13 757 1 66 493 0 06 831 1121997 Estimate n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a 466 9371998 Estimate n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a 457 2641999 Estimate n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a 491 0072000 Estimate n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a 502 3562001 Estimate d 541 133 99 95 49 0 01 201 0 04 0 0 00 541 3832002 Estimate n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a 574 1642003 Estimate 590 299 99 74 40 0 01 1 241 0 21 248 0 04 591 8282004 Estimate 583 064 99 73 88 0 02 1 384 0 24 131 0 02 584 6672005 Estimate 595 651 99 69 75 0 01 1 705 0 29 69 0 01 597 5002006 Estimate 650 339 99 72 54 0 01 1 725 0 26 66 0 01 652 1842007 Enumeration 559 188 99 92 67 0 01 350 0 06 14 0 00 559 6192008 Estimate 559 665 99 91 29 0 01 452 0 08 50 0 01 560 1962009 Estimate 623 841 99 87 26 0 00 777 0 12 0 0 00 624 6442011 Enumeration 564 455 99 51 746 0 13 1 874 0 33 154 0 03 567 2292012 Census 577 745 99 03 3 366 0 58 2 139 0 37 128 0 02 583 378Religion Edit Population of Jaffna District by religion 1971 to 2012 4 16 17 18 Year Hindu Christian e Buddhist Muslim Others TotalNo No No No No No 1971 Census 585 418 83 11 85 031 12 08 18 210 2 59 15 520 2 20 171 0 02 704 3501981 Census 705 705 84 97 104 766 12 61 5 104 0 61 14 844 1 79 133 0 02 830 5522008 Estimate 484 308 86 45 75 357 13 45 29 0 01 452 0 08 50 0 01 560 1962012 Census 483 900 82 95 94 146 16 14 2 533 0 43 2 455 0 42 344 0 06 583 378Politics and government EditLocal government Edit Jaffna District has 17 local authorities of which one is a Municipal Council three are Urban Councils and the remaining 13 are Divisional Councils Pradesha Sabhai or Pradeshiya Sabha 8 Local Authority Area km2 8 Population 2011 15 RegisteredElectors 2011 f Elected Members 2011 g TNA h UPFA UNP Other TotalChavakacheri Divisional Council 200 90 48 166 37 015 12 2 1 0 15Chavakacheri Urban Council 31 29 15 780 10 987 9 2 0 0 11Delft Divisional Council 47 16 3 861 3 085 1 8 0 0 9Jaffna Municipal Council 20 20 76 080 100 417 9 13 0 1 23Karainagar Divisional Council 21 74 9 505 8 140 3 1 1 0 5Kayts Divisional Council 45 11 10 534 6 349 1 4 0 0 5Nallur Divisional Council 20 59 36 472 22 012 10 2 0 0 12Point Pedro Divisional Council 220 00 39 651 25 375 7 2 0 0 9Point Pedro Urban Council 4 62 12 161 7 376 7 2 0 0 9Vadamarachchi South West Divisional Council 68 95 45 386 32 539 15 3 0 0 18Valikamam East Divisional Council 102 20 70 064 46 570 16 5 0 0 21Valikamam North Divisional Council 58 50 26 049 63 224 15 6 0 0 21Valikamam South Divisional Council 33 26 51 612 32 857 13 3 0 0 16Valikamam South West Divisional Council 55 24 50 971 31 022 12 4 0 0 16Valikamam West Divisional Council 47 30 45 983 30 214 11 3 0 0 14Valvettithurai Urban Council 5 36 8 382 5 550 7 2 0 0 9Velanai Divisional Council 94 80 16 572 12 028 3 8 0 0 11Total 1 077 22 567 229 151 70 2 1 224Twinned Regions EditOn 18 October 2016 Jaffna District twinned with the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in London 19 This has been a milestone to build greater understanding and sharing knowledge in the fields of governance healthcare and education 20 Notes Edit Pre 1984 figures include Kilinochchi District which was carved out of the southern part of Jaffna district in February 1984 Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian Tamil Sri Lankan Moors and Indian Moors 2001 Census was not carried out in Jaffna District Roman Catholic and Other Christian 2009 for Jaffna Municipal Council 2009 for Jaffna Municipal Council Includes TULF References Edit District Secretary Jaffna Archived from the original on 6 May 2021 Retrieved 19 February 2020 a b Area of Sri Lanka by province and district PDF Statistical Abstract 2011 Department of Census amp Statistics Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 2012 11 13 a b c d A2 Population by ethnic group according to districts 2012 Census of Population amp Housing 2011 Department of Census amp Statistics Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 2017 04 28 Retrieved 2012 11 04 a b A3 Population by religion according to districts 2012 Census of Population amp Housing 2011 Department of Census amp Statistics Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 2019 01 07 Retrieved 2012 11 04 de Silva K M 1981 A History of Sri Lanka New Delhi Oxford University Press pp xvii Mills Lennox A 1933 Ceylon Under British Rule 1795 1932 London Oxford University Press pp 67 68 Medis G C 1946 Ceylon Under the British 2nd revised ed Colombo The Colombo Apothecaries Co pp 39 40 a b c d e f Statistical Information 2012 Northern Provincial Council Land area by province district and divisional secretariat division PDF Statistical Abstract 2011 Department of Census amp Statistics Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 2012 11 13 A6 Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary s Division 2012 Census of Population amp Housing 2011 Department of Census amp Statistics Sri Lanka Archived from the original on 2016 11 01 Retrieved 2012 11 04 Up to 100 000 killed in Sri Lanka s civil war UN ABC News Australia 20 May 2009 Harrison Frances 23 July 2003 Twenty years on riots that led to war BBC News Basic Population Information on Jaffna District 2007 PDF Department of Census amp Statistics Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 2018 11 23 Retrieved 2008 12 20 Statistical Information 2010 PDF Northern Provincial Council a b Enumeration of Vital Events 2011 Northern Province PDF Department of Census amp Statistics Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 2012 05 23 Retrieved 2012 03 28 Population by religion and district Census 1981 2001 PDF Statistical Abstract 2011 Department of Census amp Statistics Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 2012 11 13 Jaffna District in Facts and Figures Balasundarapillay P Rupamoorthy k Teepam Institute Retrieved 21 Oct 2013 Jaffna District Statistical Information 2009 Jaffna District Secretariat June 2009 p 32 Hammond Michael International partnerships www kingston gov uk Archived from the original on 22 December 2016 Retrieved 2016 12 21 New ties for borough as Kingston twins with Jaffna in Sri Lanka Surrey Comet Retrieved 2016 12 21 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaffna District Jaffna District Secretariat Archived 2018 09 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