Mirusuvil
Mirusuvil is a town in the north of Sri Lanka, near Kodikamam. It was the site of the Mirusuvil massacre in 2000.Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kodikamam and Chavakachcheri.
Kodikamam
Town
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kodikamam is a small town in the Jaffna Peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
Chavakachcheri
Town
Chavakachcheri is a town in the Jaffna Peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It may have Javanese origins, as the name "Chaavaka+cheari" literally means Javanese settlement. Chavakachcheri is situated 8 km west of Mirusuvil.
Mirusuvil
- Type: Village with 7,000 residents
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kodikamam South, Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.66678° or 9° 40′ 0″ northLongitude
80.23804° or 80° 14′ 17″ eastPopulation
7,000Open location code
6MX2M68Q+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4467521832OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q6874757
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tamil—“Mirusuvil” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mirusuvil”
- Irish: “Mirusuvil”
- Sinhala: “මිරුසුවිල”
- Tamil: “மிருசுவில்”
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