Iranamadu

This article is about the settlement. For the irrigation tank, see Iranamadu Tank.

Iranamadu or Iranaimadu (Tamil: இரணைமடு, romanized: Iraṇaimaṭu, lit. 'Double-bund'; Sinhala: ඉරණමඩුව, romanized: Iraṇamaḍuva)^[1] is a city in Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka. It includes a lake that provides water to the paddy fields in the region. The Sri Lankan Army claimed in early 2009 that they had captured an Air Tiger airstrip in the area.^[2]

Iranamadu இரணமடு ඉරණමඩුව
Village
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Coordinates: 9°20′0″N 80°24′0″E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern
District	Kilinochchi
DS Division	Karachchi

Transport

Air

The airstrip which once belonged to the LTTE is being expanded by the Sri Lankan Airforce to make it an important airforce base in the north. It will be called SLAF Iranamadu.

See also

• Kilinochchi