Varuthalaivilan

Varuthalaivilan
வருத்தலைவிளான்
Town
Varuthalaivilan is located in Sri Lanka
Varuthalaivilan
Varuthalaivilan
Coordinates: 9°47′0″N 80°2′0″E / 9.78333°N 80.03333°E / 9.78333; 80.03333
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictJaffna
DS DivisionValikamam North

Varuthalaivilan (Varuththalaivilan or Varuthalaivillan) (Tamil: வறுத்தலைவிளான் or வருத்தலைவிளான் or வர்த்தலைவிளான்) is a small town or village in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka.[1]

It is situated along the Vallai–Tellippalai-Arali road between Tellippalai and Kadduvan.[2] The Varuththalaivilan village Grama Sevaka (GS) division J/241 is located in the Valikamam North Division.[3][4] The village is close to the Palaly Military Base adjoining Jaffna Airport at Palaly.[5][6]

During the Sri Lankan Civil War, since 1990 the village has come under the high security zone[7] and in 1990 the village was completely evacuated by the army. The inhabitants were permitted to return to some areas in April 2015.[8]

  1. ^ "Census Codes of Administrative Units, Northern Province, Sri Lanka" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ "kadduvan junction - கட்டுவன்". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Administrative Structure Girama Niladhari division". Divisional Secretariat, Valikamam North, Tellippalai. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. ^ "File:Valikamam North GS divisions.JPG - Wikimedia Commons". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Jaffna-Palaly AB profile". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. ^ Srinivasan, Meera (9 December 2013). "A case of homes, schools and livelihoods sacrificed in the name of security". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Monitoring Change in Sri Lanka's Valikamam High Security Zone: 2009-2014". Geospatial Technologies Project. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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