Gurunagar
குருநகர் ගුරුනගර | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
 St. James' Church, originally established in 1861 | |
  Gurunagar  Gurunagar | |
| Coordinates: 9°39′24.80″N 80°01′41.10″E / 9.6568889°N 80.0280833°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| District | Jaffna |
| DS Division | Jaffna |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Jaffna |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) |
| Post Codes | 4136050-4136055 |
| Telephone Codes | 021 |
| Vehicle registration | NP |
Gurunagar (Tamil: குருநகர், romanized: Kurunakar) is a coastal village in Jaffna city in northern Sri Lanka. Gurunagar is also known as Karaiyur (Tamil: கரையூர், romanized: Karaiyūr).[2][3]
The suburb is divided into two village officer divisions (Gurunagar East and Gurunagar West) whose combined population was 3,520 at the 2012 census.[1]
The suburb is mainly populated by Catholic Sri Lankan Tamils, engaged in sea activities.[4] The village is known in Jaffna due to its maritime history and also served as the western sector of the Jaffna Kingdom.[5]
- ^ a b "Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 154. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ Pārlimēntuva, Ceylon (1957). Ceylon Sessional Papers. Government Press. p. 23.
- ^ Holmes, Walter Robert (1980-01-01). Jaffna, Sri Lanka 1980. Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society of Jaffna College. p. 370.
- ^ Vidyodaya. Vidyodaya Campus, University of Sri Lanka. 1986. p. 34.
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