Kokkuvil () is a suburb in the northern
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n city of
Jaffna
Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...
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Transport
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Kokuvil railway station
Kokuvil railway station ( ta, கொக்குவில் தொடருந்து நிலையம் ''Kokkuvil toṭaruntu nilaiyam'') is a railway station in the town of Kokuvil in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the ...
Schools
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Kokuvil Hindu College
Kokuvil Hindu College ( ta, கொக்குவில் இந்துக் கல்லூரி ''Kokkuvil Intuk Kallūri'', KHC) is a provincial school in Kokkuvil, Sri Lanka.
During colonial times, Christianity had a great influence on ...
Notable People
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Appadurai Muttulingam
Appadurai Muttulingam ( Tamil அ. முத்துலிங்கம்) (born 19 January 1937) is a Sri Lankan Tamil author and essayist. His short stories in Tamil have received critical acclaim
and won awards in both India and Sri Lanka ...
- Popular Tamil Writer
References
Towns in Jaffna District
Nallur DS Division
Suburbs of Jaffna
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