Kilinochchi
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| Kilinochchi கிளிநொச்சி කිලිනොච්චිය |
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  Kilinochchi
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| Coordinates: 9°23′N 80°24′E / 9.383°N 80.4°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
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| Province | Northern |
| District | Kilinochchi |
| DS Division | Karachchi |
| Population (2001) | |
| - Total | 127,263 |
| Time zone | Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone (UTC+5:30) |
Kilinochchi (Tamil: கிளிநொச்சி, Sinhala: කිලිනොච්චිය, IAST Kilinocci) is a city in the Kilinochchi District, part of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Kilinochchi is situated at the A9 road some 100 km (62 mi) south-east of Jaffna. It was the administrative center of the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) until 2 January 2009, when troops of the Sri Lankan Army recaptured the city.
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[edit] History
[edit] Archeological
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First century AD stone pillars, and ruins of the Buddhist "Lumbini" vihara are found here. The site is listed in the reports of the archeological commissioner[1]. Kilinochchi is 100 km (62 mi) south of the once flourishing Nallur city off the coast of the Jaffna Lagoon.
[edit] Sri Lankan Civil War
The LTTE first took hold of the town in 1990 when the Army withdrew its garrisons from Kilinochchi. Then the area was retaken by the Army during operations Sathjaya I, II, and III in September 1996. The town again fell into the LTTE's hand in September 1998 who held their administrative hub there until evacuating during the Battle of Kilinochchi on 2 January 2009.[2]
Several institutions of the LTTE had been relocated from Kilinochchi to Tharmapuram, a town about 13 km in the east, by early October, 2008.
[edit] Demography
Most people living in Kilinochchi are Sri Lankan Tamils.
[edit] Economy
Kilinochchi is one of the major agrarian cultivation destinations in the island from the pre-historic times. Iranamadu (Ranamaduva) Tank, Kanakampikai Kulam (Pond), and Kilinochchi Kulam are the major irrigation source for paddy and various other cultivations.
[edit] Transport
Kilinochchi has a defunct station on the Sri Lanka Government Railway system.
[edit] References
- ^ Somasiri, Annual reports, 1983, and Epigraphica Z.
- ^ "Ruined remains of rebel 'capital'", BBC, January 5, 2009
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kilinochchi |
- kilinochchi.net
- Sri Lankan Civil War
- Muslims in the Civil War
- From Embargo to Repression
- Kilinochchi Photos
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