Mullaitivu District
Maritimepattu Divisional Secretariat
Mullaitivu Town

Mullaitivu

The Northern Province is in . This Tamil-majority region was decimated by years of war but much rebuilding has already been done. You will find untouched beaches here, Hindu temples, ancient ruins and some useful northward travel connections.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kumarapuram and Mulliyawalai.

Village
Photo: Mathi.Kumarathurai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small village in district in . The village was founded in 1981 by Kumarathurai, after whom it is named. It was the scene of the massacre in 1996.

Town
or Mulliyavalai is a town in northern . It is divided into five village officer divisions: Centre, East, North, South, and West.

Mullaitivu

Latitude
9.26985° or 9° 16′ 12″ north
Longitude
80.81454° or 80° 48′ 52″ east
Population
100,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
6MX27R97+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 633759246
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1234393
Wiki­data ID
Q507144
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mullaitivu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مولايتيفو”
  • Asturian: “Mullaitivu”
  • Bengali: “মুল্লাইটিভু”
  • Catalan: “Mullaitivu”
  • Chinese: “穆莱蒂武”
  • Chinese: “穆萊蒂武”
  • Danish: “Mullaitivu”
  • Dutch: “Mullaitivu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مولايتيفو”
  • Finnish: “Mullaitivu”
  • French: “Mullaitivu”
  • German: “Mullaitivu”
  • Greek: “Μουλαϊτίβου”
  • Gujarati: “મુલ્લેટીવુ”
  • Hindi: “मुल्लैतिवु”
  • Hindi: “मुल्लैतीवू”
  • Indonesian: “Mullaitivu”
  • Irish: “Mullaitivu”
  • Italian: “Mullaitivu”
  • Japanese: “ムッライッティーヴー”
  • Kannada: “ಮುಲ್ಲತಿವು”
  • Kannada: “ಮುಲ್ಲೈತಿವು”
  • Korean: “물라이티부”
  • Korean: “물라티부”
  • Latvian: “Mulaitiva”
  • Lithuanian: “Mulaitivas”
  • Malay: “Mullaitivu”
  • Marathi: “मुल्लतीविवा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mullaittivu”
  • Norwegian: “Mullaittivu”
  • Persian: “مولایتیوو”
  • Polish: “Mullaitivu”
  • Russian: “Муллайтиву”
  • Russian: “Муллативу”
  • Sinhala: “මුලතිව්”
  • Spanish: “Mullaitivu”
  • Swedish: “Mullaitivu”
  • Tamil: “முல்லைத்தீவு”
  • Telugu: “ముల్లైతీవు”
  • Thai: “มัลไลติวู”
  • Turkish: “Mullaivitu”
  • Ukrainian: “Муллайтіву”
  • Urdu: “مولایتیوو”
  • Vietnamese: “Mullaitivu”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mullaitivu”. Photo: Umapathy, CC BY-SA 2.5.