Suthumalai
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Suthumalai
சுதுமலை සුතුමලෙයි/සුදුකන්ද | |
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| Coordinates: 9°43′0″N 80°00′0″E / 9.71667°N 80.00000°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| District | Jaffna |
| DS Division | Valikamam South‐West |
Suthumalai (Tamil: சுதுமலை) is a village located in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. The village is divided into two Village officer division (Suthumalai North and Suthumalai South), and has a combined population of 3770 according to 2012 census.[1] The village contains many Hindu temples including the famous Suthumalai Amman Temple.[2]
Suthumalai is a historic turning point in Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism, where LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran had his speech on 4 August 1987, addressing over 100,000 people explaining the position of the LTTE.[3][2]
The village is part of the historic region Valikamam of Jaffna Peninsula with the others being the Vadamarachchi and Thenmarachchi.[1][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 147.
- ^ a b Seevaratnam, N.; Tamils, World Federation of (1 January 1989). The Tamil national question and the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord. Konark Publishers.
- ^ Gunaratna, Rohan (1 January 1993). Indian intervention in Sri Lanka: the role of India's intelligence agencies. South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 9789559519904.
- ^ Global change and human vulnerability to vector-borne diseases. Frontiers E-books. ISBN 9782889191567.
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9°43′N 80°00′E / 9.717°N 80.000°E
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