Sampur
Sampur is a town in the Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka about 30 km south-east of Trincomalee on the south-eastern side of the Trincomalee Harbour. The town was under the control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam until 2006, when it was captured by the Sri Lanka Armed Forces.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: town in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Sampoor” and “Sampur, Trincomalee”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mutur.
Mutur
Village
Mutur, also spelled Muthur or Muttur, is a town in the Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka, located about 25 km south of Trincomalee, on the southern side of Trincomalee Harbour. Mutur is situated 4 km southwest of Sampur.
Sampur
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Sampoor West, Muthur, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Uzbek—“Sampur” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sampur, Trincomalee”
- Irish: “Sampur”
- Persian: “سامپور (ترینکومالی)”
- Persian: “سامپور”
- Spanish: “Sampur”
- Tamil: “சம்பூர்”
- Uzbek: “Sampur, Trincomalee”
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