Mutur Explained

Mutur
Native Name:மூதூர்
මුතූර්
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Sri Lanka
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sri Lanka
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Eastern
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Type4:DS Division
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:23,652
Coordinates:8.4539°N 81.2656°W

Mutur, or Muttur, is a town in the Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka, located about 25 km south of Trincomalee, on the southern side of Trincomalee Harbour. In Tamil it translates to 'ancient village'. Mutur is mostly accessed by sea route. After 2010, a new seaside road was built to link with Trincomalee town via Kinniya.

It is said that the business of pearl bathing was popular in the early days of this city, which depends on the sea and hence the name Muttur was given to this town. But over time, the name has changed to Maruvi Muthur. Muslim people live here and Tamil people live in Sampur, the eastern part of Muthur.

In 2006, it was the site of a massacre of employees of the non-governmental organization Action Against Hunger.[2]

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8.4539°N 81.2656°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population by GN and Sex . Sri Lanka Census of Population and Housing, 2011 . Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka . 2024-02-12.
  2. Web site: 15 of Action Against Hunger's (ACFIN) national employees from Sri Lanka were killed in Muttur . 12 February 2024 . Action Against Hunger . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071008094620/http://www.aahuk.org/Press%20Releases/Sri%20Lanka/SriLanka7August2006.htm . 8 October 2007 .