Saddam Hussein Village ( Sinhala:සදාම් හුසේන් නගරය

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

: சதாம் உசேன் நகர்) also known as ''Saddam Hussein Nagar'' is the name of a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

exclusively inhabited by local

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

Eravur Eravur is a town in the Batticaloa District of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, it is located about north-west of Batticaloa. It is governed by the Eravur Urban Council Eravur Urban Council (EUC) is the local authority for the town of Eravur in east ...

in the

Batticaloa Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; si, මඩකලපුව, ''Maḍakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the B ...

district of

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 ...

Etymology

The village was named Saddam Hussein Village derived after the ousted Iraqi politician who served as the fifth President of

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

1979 to 2003

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

in recognition of the assistance and Iraq-Sri Lanka Friendship Association.

History

It was when the

1978 Sri Lanka cyclone The 1978 Sri Lanka Cyclone (JTWC designation: ''04B'') was one of the most destructive tropical cyclones to strike Sri Lanka since modern records began. The cyclone formed on November 17, 1978, and attained peak intensity on November 23, 1978, rig ...

which was considered the strongest Super Cyclonic Storm to strike

's Eastern Province since modern records began. Then Speaker of the Parliament Marhoom Alhaj M. A. Bakeer Markar used his office to obtain assistance from the Government of

for the affected people while Saddam Hussein Town was built at the entire cost of then Government of

. M. A. Bakeer Markar was also the founder President of the Iraq-Sri Lanka Friendship Association. The construction of the entire village was fully funded by the Iraqi government which consists around 100 Houses, a School and a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

named Madina Mosque which was gifted by Saddam Hussein himself.

References

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External links

BBC News: Gloom in Saddam's Sri Lanka Village
Saddam Hussein Villages in Batticaloa District