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Kattankudy காத்தான்குடி කාත්තාන්කුඩි
Town
The bazaar strip along the road
Kattankudy
Coordinates: 7°40′49″N 81°43′34″E / 7.68028°N 81.72611°E / 7.68028; 81.72611
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Eastern
District	Batticaloa
DS Division	Kattankudy
Postal Code	30100
Government
• Type	Urban Council
Population
• Total	47,603
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
Website	kattankudy.uc.gov.lk kattankudy.ds.gov.lk

Kattankudy (Tamil: காத்தான்குடி, Sinhala: කාත්තාන්කුඩි; also transliterated as "Kathankudy") is a township near the city of Batticaloa on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. The town is predominantly populated by Muslims.

Most of the people are engaged in business, industries and fisheries. The division of Kattankudy occupies the central part of the district. It covers land area of approximately 2.56 km (0.99 sq mi) and 1.33 km (0.51 sq mi) of inland waterways, the division accounts for 0.15% of the district's total land area.

Boundaries

North : Manmunai North Divisional secretariat.

East : Bay of Bengal (Sea).

South : Manmunaipattu Divisional Secretariat.

West : Batticaloa Lagoon.

Demographics

Kattankudy is one of the many Moorish(Muslims)-dominated towns in Sri Lanka.

Source:statistics.gov. lk

GS Divisions and Population (2014)

Source: http://www.kattankudy.ds.gov.lk

Kattankudy Mosque Massacre

Kattankudy Mosque Massacre was the killing of over 147 Muslim men and boys in a Mosque in Kattankudy by armed persons on 3 August 1990. It took place when around 30 armed persons raided four mosques in the town of Kattankudy, where over 300 people were prostrating in Isha prayers. The attack is attributed to LTTE by the Sri Lankan Government, although the former denied their involvement in the massacre, and have never retracted that denial. The initial report put the death toll at around 100, but as many of the injured who were rushed to hospital succumbed to their injuries, the final death toll rose to over 147.

Tsunami 2004

When the 2004 tsunami hit, approximately 108 people died in Kattankudy and 93 persons are still listed as missing. Around 2,500 houses were damaged by the tsunami in Kattankudy.

See also

• Kattankudi Urban Council
• Kattankudy Central College

References

1. Ali, Ameer (2009). "Kattankudy in Eastern Sri Lanka: A Mullah-Merchant Urban Complex Caught between Islamist Factionalism and Ethno-Nationalisms". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 29 (2): 183–194. doi:10.1080/13602000902943575. S2CID 144521612.
2. "Kattankudy Urban Council | Cities | SoSLC".
3. "- The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
4. "1990 Kattankudy Mosque Killings: Reliving Bloodshed & Trauma 27 Years on". 2 August 2017.
5. "First baby born at new maternity ward built by Merlin in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka". 19 May 2005.

7°40′52″N 81°43′34″E / 7.68111°N 81.72611°E / 7.68111; 81.72611

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