Kilinochchi
Sign in to saveKilinochchi (; ) is the main town of Kilinochchi District, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Kilinochchi is situated at the A9 road some south-east of Jaffna. It was the administrative center and de facto capital of the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) until 2 January 2009, when troops of the Sri Lankan Army recaptured the city.
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- Locality
- Kilinochchi
- Region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 13,006
- Timezone
- Asia/Colombo
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kilinochchi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kilinochchi Railway Station - Sri Lanka.jpg
- Settlement.image_size
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kilinochchi Railway Station
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sri Lanka Northern Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sri Lanka
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kilinochchi
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- DS Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Karachchi
- Settlement.timezone
- Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5:30
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Kilinochchi District
- Elevation
- 37
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Kilinochchi District
- Image
- Kilinochchi court of de-facto State Tamil Eelam.jpg
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- Kilinochchi
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Creation (1936)
- Sri Lankan Civil War
- Demography
- Economy
- Transport
- Media
- Education
- References
- External links
Kilinochchi (; ) is the main town of Kilinochchi District, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Kilinochchi is situated at the A9 road some south-east of Jaffna. It was the administrative center and de facto capital of the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) until 2 January 2009, when troops of the Sri Lankan Army recaptured the city.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kilinochchi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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