Kalmunai (Tamil: கல்முனை, Sinhalese: කල්මුනේ Kalmune) is a city in the Ampara District of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It had a total population of 106,780 as of 2011. It is the one of Muslim-majority municipality in the country. When Muslims in Colombo were expelled by Portuguese in the 17th century, they fled to Kandy and sought refuge with the king in Kandy. Then the king (Rajasinghe ii) resettled these Muslim refugees in Kalmunai (8000 refugees) and Kattankudy (4000). Kalmunai was the Royal farm of the king.
Population: 100,171
Latitude: 7° 24' 32.47" N
Longitude: 81° 50' 4.99" E
Kalmunai (Tamil: கல்முனை, Sinhalese: කල්මුනේ Kalmune) is a city in the Ampara District of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It had a total population of 106,780 as of 2011. It is the one of Muslim-majority municipality in the country. When Muslims in Col…
Ampara (Sinhala: අම්පාර, Tamil: அம்பாறை) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council.
Akkaraipattu (Tamil: அக்கரைப்பற்று, Sinhala: අක්කරෙයිපත්තුව) is a town in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka. It is along the eastern coast of the island.
Batticaloa Lagoon is a very large estuarine lagoon in Batticaloa District, eastern Sri Lanka. The city of Batticaloa is located on land between the lagoon and the Indian Ocean.Batticaloa district is flourished with three lagoons, such Batticaloa lag…
1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre refers to the massacres of minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa. The massacre happened on June 12, 1991 in which 152 civilians were killed. The …
Ampara Airport (Sinhalese: අම්පාර ගුවන්තොටුපළ, Tamil: அம்பாறை விமான நிலையம்) (IATA: ADP, ICAO: VCCG) is an air force base and domestic airport in Gal Oya in south eastern Sri Lanka.
Akkaraipattu massacre happened on 19 February 1986 when approximately 80 Sri Lankan Tamil farm workers were allegedly killed by the Sri Lankan Army personnel and their bodies burned in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
The Prawn farm massacre, also known as the 1987 Kokkadichcholai massacre, took place on January 27, 1987 in the village of Kokkadichcholai, Sri Lanka. At least 83 people who worked at the farm were killed. The Special Task Force, an elite special fo…
Kokkadichcholai (Tamil: கொக்கட்டிச்சோலை) is a village in Batticaloa District within the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
Karaitivu (Tamil: காரைதீவு) is a coastal village situated in the Eastern Coast of Sri Lanka about 30 miles (44 km) south of Batticaloa and is next to Kalmunai town.
The A 31 road is an A-Grade trunk road in Sri Lanka.
Vellavely or Vellaveli or Vellaaveli (Tamil: வெல்லாவெளி Vellāveḷi) is a town in the Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka, it is located about 30 km South of Batticaloa.
Thikkoddaimadu is a small town in Sri Lanka.
The A 27 road is an A-Grade trunk road in Sri Lanka.
Adaichakal is a small town in Sri Lanka.