Thenmarachchi is one of the three historic regions of the Jaffna peninsula in 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 ...

. The other two regions are

Vadamarachchi Vadamarachchi ( ta, வடமராட்சி Vaṭamarāṭci, si, වඩමාරච්චි) is one of the three historic regions of the Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka. The other two regions are Thenmarachchi and Valikamam. Alterna ...

and

Valikamam Valikamam ( ta, வலிகாமம் valikāmam, si, වැලිගම) is one of the three historic regions of Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka. The other two regions are Thenmarachchi and Vadamarachchi. Alternative spellings includ ...

. Thenmarachchi is sometimes spelt Thenmarachi, Thenmaraachi or Thenmaraadchi. This area, like the entire Jaffna peninsula, is populated mostly by

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people and was for many years under the de facto control of the "

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Etymology

Thenmarachchi translates to ''"possession of southerners"'' or "''rule of the southerners''" in

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. It is derived from the

words ''thenmar'' (southerners) and ''achchi'' (possession or rule).

Cities and villages in Thenmarachchi

Varani Varani is a small town located in the region of Northern Province in Sri Lanka. It is around 196 miles (316 km) North of Colombo, the country's capital. See also * List of towns in Northern Province, Sri Lanka Northern Province is a provinc ...

# Navatkadu # Idaikurichchi # Thavalai, Iyattralai #

Kodikamam Kodikamam is a small town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka The Northern Province ( ta, வட மாகாணம் ''Vaṭa Mākāṇam''; si, උතුරු පළාත ''Uturu Paḷāta'') is one ...

Kaithady Kaithady ( ta, கைதடி) is a suburb in the northern district 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 t ...

Navatkuli Navatkuli ( ta, நாவற்குழி, translit=Nāvaṟkuḻi) is a town in Jaffna District, Northern Sri Lanka. It is located about 6.5 km from Jaffna. Navatkuli consists of three grama niladhari divisions in the Thenmaradchi Divisi ...

# Thachchanthoppu # Sarasalai # Mattuvil #

Chavakachcheri Chavakachcheri ( ta, சாவகச்சேரி Cāvakaccēri, si, ජාවකච්චේරි Jāvakachchēri) is a large town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It may have Javanese people, Javane ...

# Maravanpulavu # Arukkuveli # Nunavil # Meesalai #

Kachchai Kachchai ( ta, கச்சாய்) is place located in Thenmarachchi region, east of Chavakachcheri Chavakachcheri ( ta, சாவகச்சேரி Cāvakaccēri, si, ජාවකච්චේරි Jāvakachchēri) is a large town in ...

Mirusuvil Mirusuvil () is a town in the north Sri Lankan city of present it is in the High Security Zone which includes Muhamalai the check-point which collapsed after the tensions between Government security forces and the LTTE in late 2006 which ended i ...

# Ottuveli # Vidaththalpalai # Keratheevu # Kerudavil # Anthananthidal # Allarai # Paalavi # Ketpeli # Thanankilapu #

Usan 280px, "Samguk Sagi" Book 04. Silla's Records. In 512, Usan-guk（于山國）was Ulleungdo（鬱陵島） Usan-guk, or the State of Usan, occupied Ulleung-do and the adjacent islands during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. According to th ...

# Manthuvil # Kilali # Eluthumattuval

References

Geography of Jaffna District {{NorthernLK-geo-stub