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Vadamarachi

Vadamarachchi
வடமராட்சி
වඩමාරච්චි
Region
Vadamarachchi is located in Sri Lanka
Vadamarachchi
Vadamarachchi
Coordinates: 09°42′N 80°19′E / 9.700°N 80.317°E / 9.700; 80.317Coordinates: 09°42′N 80°19′E / 9.700°N 80.317°E / 9.700; 80.317
Country  Sri Lanka
Province Northern
District Jaffna
Largest town Point Pedro
Divisional Secretariats
Area
 • Total 238.6 km2 (92.1 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 106,179
 • Density 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)

Vadamarachchi (Tamil: வடமராட்சி Vaṭamarāṭci, Sinhalese: වඩමාරච්චි) is one of the three historic regions of Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka. The other two regions are Thenmarachchi and Valikamam. Vadamarachchi is sometimes spelt Vadamarachi, Vadamaraachi or Vadamaraadchi.

Vadamarachchi translates to "possession of northerners" or "rule of the northerners" in English. It is derived from the Tamil words vadamar (northerners) and achchi (possession or rule).


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