"Our organisation, as well as our people do not want war. We want peace and we want to resolve our problems through peaceful means. We are deeply committed to the peace process. It is because of our sincere commitment to peace that we are firmly and rigidly observing ceasefire. It is our organisation that took the initiative of declaring the cessation of hostilities unilaterally and observing peace for the last two years tolerating the provocative actions of the state's armed forces. . "
- Hon. Velupillai Pirapaharan, the national leader of Tamil Eelam, in his Heroes' Day Message, 2003.
Geography
|
Disctricts |
Land |
Water |
Total |
|||
|
|
SqKm |
% |
Sq.KM |
% |
|
|
|
Amparai |
4366.30 |
23.89 |
64.60 |
11.01 |
4431.30 |
23.49 |
|
Batticaloa |
2625.10 |
14.30 |
229.20 |
39.06 |
2854.30 |
15.13 |
|
Trincomalee |
2630.80 |
14.40 |
96.00 |
16.36 |
2726.80 |
14.46 |
|
Mullaitvu |
2516.90 |
13.77 |
100.00 |
17.04 |
2616.90 |
13.38 |
|
Vavuniya |
1966.90 |
10.76 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
1966.90 |
10.34 |
|
Mannar |
1991.00 |
10.90 |
11.00 |
01.87 |
2002.00 |
10.61 |
|
Kilinochi |
1192.81 |
06.53 |
44.30 |
07.55 |
1237.11 |
06.56 |
|
Jaffna |
983.50 |
05.38 |
41.70 |
07.11 |
1025.20 |
05.44 |
|
North-East |
18273.71 |
100 |
586.80 |
100 |
18860.51 |
100 |
Census 2004
|
Districts |
Tamil |
Sinhalese |
Indians |
Muslims |
Parankiyar |
Malayar |
Others |
Total |
|
Vavuniya |
54169 |
5794 |
18714 |
6505 |
25 |
34 |
177 |
95428 |
|
Mullaitvu |
58209 |
3992 |
11245 |
3651 |
95 |
9 |
08 |
77189 |
|
Jaffna |
790385 |
6659 |
19980 |
12958 |
383 |
72 |
115 |
830582 |
|
Mannar |
544744 |
8683 |
13850 |
27717 |
36 |
35 |
1440 |
106235 |
|
Batticaloa |
233713 |
11255 |
4074 |
78829 |
2292 |
46 |
124 |
330333 |
|
Amparai |
77826 |
146943 |
1411 |
161568 |
697 |
168 |
357 |
388970 |
|
Trinco |
87760 |
85503 |
5372 |
75039 |
1169 |
831 |
274 |
255948 |
|
Kilinochi |
38291 |
2839 |
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475 |
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159 |
41764 |
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