Kilinochchi District.

Killinochchi (கிலினொச்சி) is a small city in the Kilinochchi district on northern province of Sri Lanka. Killinochchi is situated at the A9 road some 100 km south-east of Jaffna. Presently this city is the administration center of the LTTE. Image File history File links Kili. ... Image File history File links Kili. ... Jaffna District. ... LTTE is an acronym or initialism for: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Known for their guerilla warfare forcibly killing every other independent groups aiming for seperate state. ...

History

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Present day Killinochhi was known as "Giranikke"^[1] in ancient Lanka. First century CE stone pillars, and ruins of the Buddhist "Lumbini" vihara are found here. The site is listed in the reports of the archeological commissioner^[2]. The Kilinochchi is 100 Km south of the once flourishing Nallur city off the coast of the Jaffna Lagoon. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Nallur is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Image:Jaffna Lagoon. ...

Demography

Most people living in Kilinochchi are Sri Lankan Tamils, although sizable amounts of Sri Lankan Moors and Sinhalese people lived there before their forced exodus in 1991 which was ordered by the LTTE. Sri Lankan Tamils also known as Eelam Tamils, Ceylonese or Ceylon Tamils and Jaffna Tamils are today a trans-national minority, and are Tamil people from Sri Lanka. ... Islam in Sri Lanka is practiced entirely by Sri Lankan Muslims, who make up approximately 8% of the population, comprise a group of minorities practicing the religion of Islam in Sri Lanka. ... Language(s) Sinhala Religion(s) Theravada Buddhism, Christianity, small groups of atheists, agnostics, Muslims, others Related ethnic groups Indo-Aryans, Dravidians, Veddahs, Bengalis The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka. ... LTTE is an acronym or initialism for: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Known for their guerilla warfare forcibly killing every other independent groups aiming for seperate state. ...

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. Agrarian has two meanings: It can mean pertaining to Agriculture It can also refer to the ideology of Agrarianism and Agrarian parties. ... Tillage (American English), or cultivation (UK) is the agricultural preparation of the soil to receive seeds. ... Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ... Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. ... Paddy has these meanings:- A paddy field, a field for cultivating rice or other semi-aquatic crops. ...

Transport

Kilnochchi has a defunct station on the Sri Lanka Government Railway system. Sri Lankan Government Railway (former CGR – Ceylon Government Railway) is a key department of Sri Lankan Government under Ministry of Transportation with a great history begins 1858. ...

• More Kilinochchi Pictures

References

• FallingRain Map - elevation = 14m

• Jaffna Royalty - 2

• The Durava - toddy tappers or royalty?

Coordinates: 9°24′N, 80°24′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...