Kilinochchi District

E201093
administrative district district of Sri Lanka

Kilinochchi District is an administrative region in northern Sri Lanka, known for its predominantly Tamil population and its role in the country’s recent civil conflict history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kilinochchi District canonical 5
Kilinochchi 2
Kilinochchi District Secretariat 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
district of Sri Lanka ⓘ
administrativeCenter Kilinochchi ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType District Secretariat Division ⓘ
borderedBy Jaffna ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna District

Mannar District ⓘ
Mullaitivu District ⓘ
Vavuniya District ⓘ
capital Kilinochchi District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kilinochchi
climateType tropical climate ⓘ
conflictHistory heavily affected by Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic majority Tamil-speaking population ⓘ
formerDeFactoCapitalOf Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
governingBody Kilinochchi District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kilinochchi District Secretariat
hasCoastlineOn Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasLocalGovernment Pradeshiya Sabhas ⓘ
hasUrbanCouncil Kilinochchi Urban Council ⓘ
historicalRegion Vanni ⓘ
knownFor predominantly Tamil population ⓘ
role in Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
largestTown Kilinochchi ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Sri Lanka ⓘ
mainCrop chillies ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
onions ⓘ
paddy ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
mainLanguageSpoken Tamil ⓘ
monsoonInfluence North-East monsoon ⓘ
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
otherReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
partOf Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
postConflictStatus area of reconstruction and resettlement ⓘ
predominantEthnicGroup Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
primaryReligion Hinduism ⓘ
region Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sri Lanka
strategicImportance key location during Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
subdivisionOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
subdivisionType District ⓘ
telephoneAreaCode 021 ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode NP ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaffna Tamil → spokenIn → Kilinochchi District ⓘ
Jaffna Lagoon → borderedBy → Kilinochchi District ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → containsDistrict → Kilinochchi District ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → significantCity → Kilinochchi District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilinochchi
Kilinochchi District → capital → Kilinochchi District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilinochchi
Kilinochchi District → governingBody → Kilinochchi District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kilinochchi District Secretariat
Eelam War II → hasLocation → Kilinochchi District ⓘ
Mullaitivu District → borders → Kilinochchi District ⓘ