Navaly Explained

Navaly
Native Name:நவாலி
නවලි
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Sri Lanka Northern Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sri Lanka
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Northern
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Type4:DS Division
Subdivision Name4:Valikamam South‐West
Coordinates:9.7153°N 79.9847°W

Navaly (Tamil: நவாலி ; Sinhala; Sinhalese: නවලි), also transliterated as Navali, Navaaly or Navaali is a town in the Jaffna District of Sri Lanka and it is located about 6 km from Jaffna, in the northwest of the peninsula of the same name. There are many famous places in the town, for example: Navaly kalaiyoodai amman koovil, St. Peter's Church. Nearly 1500 people live there.

On 9 July 1995, during the Sri Lankan Civil War, the village church was bombed by the Sri Lankan Air Force. It is estimated that 125 civilians were killed.[1]

Navaly is divided into three sections:

  1. Navaly East
  2. Navaly North
  3. Navaly South

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/erc/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/SriLanka.html 1995 Human Rights report – South Asia