Amihanan na Probinsya
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| name                    = Northern Province
| native_name             = {{lang|ta|வட மாகாணம்}}<br />{{lang|si|උතුරු පළාත}}
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| map_caption1            = Districts of the Northern Province
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Sri Lanka]]
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| established_title       = Created
| established_date        = 1 October 1833
| established_title1      = [[Provincial council (Sri Lanka)|Provincial council]]
| established_date1       = 14 November 1987
| founder                 = 
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| seat_type               = Capital
| seat                    = [[Jaffna]]
| seat1_type              = Largest City
| seat1                   = [[Vavuniya]]
| parts_type              = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|Districts]]
| parts_style             = list
| parts                   = 
| p1                      = [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]]
| p2                      = [[Kilinochchi District|Kilinochchi]]
| p3                      = [[Mannar District|Mannar]]
| p4                      = [[Mullaitivu District|Mullaitivu]]
| p5                      = [[Vavuniya District|Vavuniya]]
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| government_footnotes    = 
| government_type         = [[Provincial councils of Sri Lanka|Provincial council]]
| governing_body          = [[Northern Provincial Council]]
| leader_title            = [[List of Governors of Northern Province|Governor]]
| leader_name             = [[Nagalingam Vedanayagam]]
| leader_title1           = [[List of Chief Ministers of Northern Province|Chief Minister]]
| leader_name1            = 
| leader_title2           = [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|MPs]]
| leader_name2            = {{Collapsible list
| title                   = List
| [[Selvam Adaikalanathan]]
| [[Silvestri Alantine]]
| [[Sivasakthy Ananthan]]
| [[Risad Badhiutheen]]
| [[Murugesu Chandrakumar]]
| [[Douglas Devananda]]
| [[Hunais Farook]]
| Muthali Bawa Farook
| [[Vijayakala Maheswaran]]
| [[Vino Noharathalingam]]
| [[Suresh Premachandran]]
| [[E. Saravanapavan]]
| [[Mavai Senathirajah]]
| [[S. Sritharan]]
| [[A. Vinayagamoorthy]]
}}
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| area_total_km2          = 8884
| area_land_km2           = 8290
| area_rank               = 3rd (13.54% of total area)
| area_water_percent      = 6.7
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| population_total        = 1058762
| population_rank         = 9th (5.22% of total pop.)
| population_as_of        = 2012 census
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| demographics_type1      = [[Demographics of Sri Lanka#People|Ethnicity]]
| demographics1_footnotes = (2012 census)<ref name=2012eth/>
| demographics1_title1    = [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]]
| demographics1_info1     = 987,692 (93.29%)
| demographics1_title2    = [[Sri Lankan Moors]]
| demographics1_info2     = 32,364 (3.06%)
| demographics1_title3    = [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]]
| demographics1_info3     = 32,331 (3.05%)
| demographics1_title4    = [[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|Indian Tamil]]
| demographics1_info4     = 6,049 (0.57%)
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 326 (0.03%)
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| demographics_type2      = [[Religion in Sri Lanka|Religion]]
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| demographics2_title1    = [[Hinduism in Sri Lanka|Hindu]]
| demographics2_info1     = 789,362 (74.56%)
| demographics2_title2    = [[Christianity in Sri Lanka|Christian]]
| demographics2_info2     = 204,005 (19.27%)
| demographics2_title3    = [[Islam in Sri Lanka|Muslim]]
| demographics2_info3     = 34,040 (3.22%)
| demographics2_title4    = [[Buddhism in Sri Lanka|Buddhist]]
| demographics2_info4     = 30,387 (2.87%)
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 968 (0.09%)
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| timezone1               = Sri Lanka
| utc_offset1             = +05:30
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in Sri Lanka|Post Codes]]
| postal_code             = 40000-45999
| area_code_type          = [[List of Sri Lanka telephone codes|Telephone Codes]]
| area_code               = 021, 023, 024
| geocode                 =
| iso_code                = LK-4
| registration_plate      = NP
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| blank_name_sec1         = Official Languages
| blank_info_sec1         = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br>[[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]]
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| blank_name_sec2         = Symbols
| blank_info_sec2         = 
| blank1_name_sec2        = Flower
| blank1_info_sec2        = White Lotus ([[Nymphaea lotus]])
| blank2_name_sec2        = Tree
| blank2_info_sec2        = Maruthu ([[Terminalia arjuna]])
| blank3_name_sec2        = Bird 
| blank3_info_sec2        = Seven sisters ([[Turdoides striata]])
| blank4_name_sec2        = Animal 
| blank4_info_sec2        = Male deer ([[axis axis]])

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| website                 = {{URL|www.np.gov.lk}}
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}}
An '''Amihanan na Probinsya''' (Tamil: வட மாகாணம் ''Vaṭa Mākāṇam''; Sinhala: උතුරු පළාත ''Uturu Paḷāta'') iyo an saro sa siyam na [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|probinsya]] kan [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Provinces of Sri Lanka|url=http://www.statoids.com/ulk.html|publisher=Statoids}}</ref> The province has an area of 8,884 km<sup>2</sup>, making it the 3rd largest province by area, and a population of 1,061,315, making it the least populated province. [[Jaffna]] an [[kapitolyo]] kan probinsya.

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An Amihanan na Probinsya (Tamil: வட மாகாணம் Vaṭa Mākāṇam; Sinhala: උතුරු පළාත Uturu Paḷāta) iyo an saro sa siyam na probinsya kan Sri Lanka. The province has an area of 8,884 km2, making it the 3rd largest province by area, and a population of 1,061,315, making it the least populated province. Jaffna an kapitolyo kan probinsya.

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