Valvettithurai

Valvettithurai
வல்வெட்டித்துறை
වල්වෙට්ටිතුරෙයි
Fishing boats at the shoreline
Fishing boats at the shoreline
Valvettithurai is located in Northern Province
Valvettithurai
Valvettithurai
Coordinates: 9°49′0″N 80°10′0″E / 9.81667°N 80.16667°E / 9.81667; 80.16667
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictJaffna
DS DivisionVadamarachchi North
Government
 • TypeUrban Council
 • ChairmanNadarajah Anantharaj (TNA)
Area
 • Total
4.85 km2 (1.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
18,000
 • Density3,711/km2 (9,474/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
Post code
40540

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.

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.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ "The history of the Tamil Tigers". Aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  2. ^ "About Valvettithurai". Valvettithurai.org. Retrieved 3 August 2014.