Suthumalai

Suthumalai (Tamil: சுதுமலை) is a village located in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka.

The village is divided into two Village officer division (Suthumalai North and Suthumalai South), and has a combined population of 3770 according to 2012 census.

[2] Suthumalai is a historic turning point in Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism, where LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran had his speech on 4 August 1987, addressing over 100,000 people explaining the position of the LTTE.

[3][2] The village is part of the historic region Valikamam of Jaffna Peninsula with the others being the Vadamarachchi and Thenmarachchi.

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