Mutur
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Mutur or Muttur is a town in the Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka, located about 25 km south of Trincomalee, on the southern side of Trincomalee Harbour. In Tamil it translates to 'ancient village'. Mutur is mostly accessed by sea route. After 2010, a new seaside road was built to link with Trincomalee town via Kinniya.
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For other uses, see Muttur (disambiguation).
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Mutur
மூதூர் මුතූර් | |
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Coordinates: 8°27′14″N 81°15′56″E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Eastern |
District | Trincomalee |
DS Division | Muttur |
Population | |
• Total | 23,652 |
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In 2006, it was the site of a massacre of employees of the non-governmental organization Action Against Hunger.[2]