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Kondavil

Coordinates: 9°42′24.73″N 80°1′33.87″E / 9.7068694°N 80.0260750°E / 9.7068694; 80.0260750
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Kondavil
கோண்டாவில்
කොන්ඩාවිල්
Kondavil is located in Northern Province
Kondavil
Kondavil
Kondavil is located in Sri Lanka
Kondavil
Kondavil
Coordinates: 9°42′25″N 80°1′34″E / 9.70694°N 80.02611°E / 9.70694; 80.02611
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictJaffna
DS DivisionNallur

Kondavil (Tamil: கோண்டாவில், Sinhala: කොන්ඩාවිල්)[1] is a suburb north of the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna.[2] It is near many temples such as the Uppumada Pillaiyar Temple, Kondavil west Kali kovil,eelaththu Thillaiyampathy sivakami Amman temple part of the Jaffna Peninsula, it was one of the final strongholds of the Tamil Tigers.[3]

Transport

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The area is served by the Kondavil railway station.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ilantaic-cōlai, Kōṇṭā-vil, Debara-vẹva, Masaň-gas-vīdiya, Nari-ilantaik-kuḷam". TamilNet. July 17, 2007.
  2. ^ "The books of Visvamadu Library | Tamil Guardian". www.tamilguardian.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  3. ^ "The trail of terror". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  4. ^ "Jaffna-KKS railway track roars again | DailyFT - Be Empowered". 2015-01-04. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2022-06-18.

9°42′24.73″N 80°1′33.87″E / 9.7068694°N 80.0260750°E / 9.7068694; 80.0260750