Batticaloa District
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This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Batticaloa.
Batticaloa District is a district in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It's capital is in Batticaloa, and the total area is 2,463 km². Situated on the east coast of Sri Lanka, the district was hit hard by the tsunami caused by Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004, which caused 3,177 dead or missing persons and affected 255,000 people in in the district.[1]