Coordinates: 9°20′N 80°24′E / 9.333°N 80.400°E / 9.333; 80.400

Iranamadu

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This article is about the settlement. For the irrigation tank, see Iranamadu Tank.
Iranamadu
இரணமடு
ඉරණමඩුව
Village
Iranamadu is located in Northern Province
Iranamadu
Iranamadu
Iranamadu is located in Sri Lanka
Iranamadu
Iranamadu
Coordinates: 9°20′0″N 80°24′0″E / 9.33333°N 80.40000°E / 9.33333; 80.40000
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictKilinochchi
DS DivisionKarachchi

Iranamadu or Iranaimadu (Tamil: இரணைமடு, romanized: Iraṇaimaṭu, lit. 'Double-bund'; Sinhala: ඉරණමඩුව, romanized: Iraṇamaḍuva) is a military city in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka. It consist a lake that provides water to the paddy fields in the region. Sri Lankan Army claimed in early 2009 that they captured an Air Tiger Airstrip in the area.[1]

Transport

Air

The airstrip which was once belonged to the LTTE is being expanded by the Sri Lankan Airforce to make it an important airforce base in the north. It will be called SLAF Iranamadu.

See also

References

  1. ^ Time (magazine)

Satellite image of LTTE airstrip

9°20′N 80°24′E / 9.333°N 80.400°E / 9.333; 80.400


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