Mandaitivu (Tamil: மண்டைதீவு, romanized: Maṇṭaitīvu; Sinhala: මන්ඩතිව්Manḍativ) is an island off the coast of the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, located approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the city of Jaffna. The island has an area of 7.56 square kilometres (2.92 sq mi) and is divided into three village officer divisions (Mandaitivu East, Mandaitivu South and Mandaitivu West) whose combined population was 1,524 at the 2012 census.[1][2]
Mandaitivu is connected to the Jaffna Peninsula and the neighbouring island of Velanaitivu by a causeway.[3][4]
^ ab"Table 05 (Geo., Topography) Islands in Sri Lanka". Sri Lanka Statistics. Kusaka Research Institute. 2004.
^ ab"Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 155.
^Boulter, Liz (7 February 2015). "Northern Sri Lanka on the road to recovery". The Guardian.
^Ferdinando, Shamindra (17 July 2013). "Suicide express". The Island (Sri Lanka).
Mandaitivu (Tamil: மண்டைதீவு, romanized: Maṇṭaitīvu; Sinhala: මන්ඩතිව් Manḍativ) is an island off the coast of the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka...
The Battle of Mandaitivu took place during the Sri Lankan Civil War. It occurred on 28 June 1995 in which the LTTE militants attacked and overran the Sri...
massacre of ethnic Tamils by members of the Sri Lankan Navy off the coast of Mandaitivu island of the Jaffna peninsula. 33 civilians, all of them fishermen mostly...
the operation. Mandaitivu was to be used as the launching pad for the first phase of the offensive. While a causeway linked Mandaitivu with the Jaffna...
Eelam War III (19 April 1995 – 22 February 2002) Battle of Mandaitivu 28 June 1995 Mandaitivu, Jaffna District ~120 8–75 LTTE victory Battle of Weli Oya...
- August 1986, Diary of incidents, p.14 Tamil Times - July 1986, The Mandaitivu massacre, p3 TamilNet. "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com. Retrieved 12 August...
talks. 28 June 1995: The LTTE overruns the Sri Lankan military base at Mandaitivu. 28 July 1995: The LTTE attack the Sri Lankan military base at Weli Oya...
role in Sri Lankan civil war in battles such as the Weli Oya, Kokavil, Mandaitivu and in the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection sustaining many casualties. Since...
Jaffna towards islets of Velanai and Kayts through Pannai bridge. After Mandaitivu, past the abandoned aluminium factory, lies a large Sri Lanka Navy garrison...
building Jaffna Jaffa Town East Jaffna 17 May 2013 St. Peter's Church MandaitivuMandaitivu East/South/West Islands South 30 December 2011 St. Thomas' Cathedral...
kills 21 in Sri Lanka". On This Day. BBC. Tamil Times - July 1986, The Mandaitivu massacre, p3 TamilNet. "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com. Retrieved 12 August...
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