Amihanan na Probinsya

Northern Province வட மாகாணம் උතුරු පළාත
Province
Sunset over a lagoon
Bandera An opisyal na logo kan Northern Province Emblem
Location within Sri Lanka
Districts of the Northern Province
Tagboan: 09°12′N 80°25′E
Country	Sri Lanka
Created	1 October 1833
Provincial council	14 November 1987
Capital	Jaffna
Largest City	Vavuniya
Districts	Lista Jaffna Kilinochchi Mannar Mullaitivu Vavuniya
Pamamahala
• Tipo	Provincial council
• Hawak	Northern Provincial Council
• Governor	Nagalingam Vedanayagam
• MPs	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
Hiwas
• Kabuuhan	8,884 km2 (3,430 sq mi)
• Kadagáan	8,290 km2 (3,200 sq mi)
Ranggo nin hiwas	3rd (13.54% of total area)
Populasyon (2012 census)
• kabuuhan	1,058,762
• Ranggo	9th (5.22% of total pop.)
• Densidad	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2012 census)
• Sri Lankan Tamil	987,692 (93.29%)
• Sri Lankan Moors	32,364 (3.06%)
• Sinhalese	32,331 (3.05%)
• Indian Tamil	6,049 (0.57%)
• Other	326 (0.03%)
Religion (2012 census)
• Hindu	789,362 (74.56%)
• Christian	204,005 (19.27%)
• Muslim	34,040 (3.22%)
• Buddhist	30,387 (2.87%)
• Other	968 (0.09%)
Sona nin oras	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Post Codes	40000-45999
Telephone Codes	021, 023, 024
Kodang ISO 3166	LK-4
Rehistradong behikulo	NP
Official Languages	Tamil Sinhalese
Flower	White Lotus (Nymphaea lotus)
Tree	Maruthu (Terminalia arjuna)
Bird	Seven sisters (Turdoides striata)
Animal	Male deer (axis axis)
Websityo	www.np.gov.lk

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.