Kumarapuram
Kumarapuram is a small village in Trincomalee district in Sri Lanka. The village was founded in 1981 by Kumarathurai, after whom it is named. It was the scene of the Kumarapuram massacre in 1996.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mathi.Kumarathurai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mulliyawalai.
Mulliyawalai
Town
Mulliyawalai or Mulliyavalai is a town in northern Sri Lanka. It is divided into five village officer divisions: Mulliyawalai Centre, Mulliyawalai East, Mulliyawalai North, Mulliyawalai South, and Mulliyawalai West. Mulliyawalai is situated 3 km west of Kumarapuram.
Kumarapuram
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Trincomalee District, Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kumarapuram, Maritimepattu Divisional Secretariat, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.22704° or 9° 13′ 37″ northLongitude
80.80507° or 80° 48′ 18″ eastElevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open location code
6MX26RG4+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 4579357262OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tamil—“Kumarapuram” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kumarapuram”
- Irish: “Kumarapuram”
- Tamil: “குமாரபுரம் (இலங்கை)”
- Tamil: “குமாரபுரம்”
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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 Wikipedia page “Kumarapuram”. Photo: Mathi.Kumarathurai, CC BY-SA 4.0.