Karainagar

Karainagar

காரைநகர்
කාරෛනගර්
A beachside view
A beachside view
Karainagar is located in Northern Province
Karainagar
Karainagar
Coordinates: 9°44′0″N 79°52′0″E / 9.73333°N 79.86667°E / 9.73333; 79.86667
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictJaffna
DS DivisionKarainagar

Karainagar (Tamil: காரைநகர்) (pronounced Kaarai-Nagar) is located 20 km from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on the Karaitivu (Island).[1] In Tamil, it means the many karai trees but also means the coast, as derived from the Tamil word 'kadar-karai' meaning a settlement (or town) on the sea coast (kadar or kadal means sea and karai means coast) which is borne by the fact that Karainagar is a coastal town.

Karainagar island is about 10-square-mile (26 km2) area and the registered voters 20,000 voted in 1977 national election. The current population stands at 11,000. 30% of this land is used for paddy cultivation.

  1. ^ "Karainagar, Sri Lanka - Facts and information on Karainagar - Sri-Lanka.Places-in-the-world.com". sri-lanka.places-in-the-world.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.