HISTORICAL MUSLIM TOWNS OF SRI LANKA - PART 6 - CITY OF KALMUNAI

EAST OF SRI LANKA - CITY OF KALMUNAI

Kalmunai (Tamil: கல்முனை Sinhala: කල්මුනේ Kalmunai) is a municipality within the Ampara District of Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It had a total population of 91,457 as of 2001. And It is the one and only Muslim majority municipality in the country. There were Sri Lankan Muslims, Sri Lankan Tamils, Sinhalese, and Burghers with the Moors forming a majority.

It was also directly impacted by the 2004 Tsunami leading to number of deaths and destruction of property worth of millions of rupees. It is bounded on the east by the Indian Ocean on the north by the Periyaneelavanai village and on the south by Karaitivu village which is considered to be a suburb of the town.

Kalmunai is popular business town. Its west beautified by paddy field, east by bay of bangal sea.