Iranaitivu (; ) is an island of Sri Lanka, located in the Gulf of Mannar and part of Kilinochchi District within the Northern Province. The site of a Sri Lanka Armed Forces base since 1992, the island is being repopulated by former inhabitants, who began returning in 2018.
Iranaitivu (; ) is an island of Sri Lanka, located in the Gulf of Mannar and part of Kilinochchi District within the Northern Province. The site of a Sri Lanka Armed Forces base since 1992, the island is being repopulated by former inhabitants, who began returning in 2018.
==Geography== Iranaitivu is a double island, with two parts joined by a neck of land; the name means "the twin islands". The larger island, Periyathivu, Periatheevu, or Iranaitivu North, was dubbed Enkhuizen by the Dutch East India Company; the other island, Sinnathivu, Sinnatheevu, or Iranaitivu South, was dubbed Hoorn, both after ports the company used for the East Indies trade. It is in the Gulf of Mannar in north west Sri Lanka and is part of Kilinochchi District; Neduntheevu (Delft Island) is nearby.
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