Valvettithurai
Valvettithurai (Tamil: வல்வெட்டித்துறை, romanized: Valveṭṭittuṟai; Sinhala: වල්වෙට්ටිතුරෙයි, romanized: Valveṭṭitureyi), sometimes shortened as VVT or Valvai, is a coastal town of Jaffna District on the northeast coast of the Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Province, Sri Lanka governed by an Urban Council of the same name. Valvettithurai was historically known for its seafaring traditions and olden transnational shipping trade.
Valvettithurai
வல்வெட்டித்துறை වල්වෙට්ටිතුරෙයි | |
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Fishing boats at the shoreline | |
Valvettithurai | |
| Coordinates: 9°49′0″N 80°10′0″E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| District | Jaffna |
| DS Division | Vadamarachchi North |
| Government | |
| • Type | Urban Council |
| • Chairman | Nadarajah Anantharaj (TNA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.85 km2 (1.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 18,000 |
| • Density | 3,711/km2 (9,474/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) |
| Post code | 40540 |
The town is popularly known for being the birthplace of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or the Tamil Tigers, a separatist group that waged a war for an independent state in the North and East. Valvettithurai is also the place of birth, of the leaders of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization, Kuttimani and Nadarajah Thangathurai, the founding fathers of the Tamil Eelam armed struggle.