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Kinniya
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 Kinniya Bridge, Trincomalee District | |
  Kinniya | |
| Coordinates: 8°29′0″N 81°11′0″E / 8.48333°N 81.18333°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Eastern |
| District | Trincomalee |
| DS Division | Kinniya Divisional Secretariat |
| Government | |
| • Type | Kinniya Urban Council |
| • Special Commissioner | Secretary (UPFA) |
| Population (2007)[1] | |
• Town | 61,558 |
| • Urban | 35,645 |
Kinniya (Tamil: கிண்ணியா, romanized: Kiṇṇiyā; Sinhala: කින්නියා, romanized: Kinniyā) is a town on the east coast of Sri Lanka, in the Trincomalee District of the Eastern Province. It is about 20 km (12 mi) from the city of Trincomalee and 240 km (150 mi) from Colombo. Located in Sri Lanka's dry zone, the Kinniya region often experiences hot and dry weather with very little precipitation. Kinniya Bridge is Sri Lanka's longest bridge,[2] which attracts many tourists in the town. Being adjacent to the Trincomalee Harbour, Kinniya was devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- ^ "Basic Population Information on Trincomalee District - 2007" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. October 2007. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Declaring open the longest bridge in Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa says the time for racist politics has come to an end". Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2024.