 kilinochchi (, iast kilinocci, ) is the main town of kilinochchi district, northern province of sri lanka. kilinochchi is situated at the a9 road some  south-east of jaffna. it was the administrative center and de facto capital of the ltte (tamil tigers)irin (25 march 2010) "sri lanka: former rebel capital struggles with returnee influx" alertnet, reuters, accessed 25 march 2010, archived at original irin page until 2 january 2009, when troops of the sri lankan army recaptured the city. ==history== ===creation (1936)=== kilinochchi is still part of jaffna electoral division and it was separated from the jaffna district in the 80s as a new district. most of the people living in this district are farmers and related to agricaltural work. most of the people in this district were migrated from jaffna to acquire government grants (land)and to engage in the paddy cultivation. people from this district were then migrated overseas(europe, us, canada, australia etc.) during the civil war (1990 onwards. the population is now rising again after the end of the civil war. this district has several government colleges such as klinochchi central college, hindu college, uruthirapuram maha vidiyalayam, vaddakachchi maha vidiyalayam, etc. the kilinochchi town was established in 1936 as part of a colonization project that sought to ease overpopulation and unemployment in jaffna.{{cite book | last = manogaran | first = chelvadurai | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = ethnic conflicts and reconciliation in sri lanka | publisher = university of hawaii press | year = 1987 | location =
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