Facts About Trincomalee
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The Trincomalee has developed from a village settlement on the promontory dedicated to the Hindu shrine.
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The recorded history of Trincomalee spans more than two and a half thousand years, beginning with the civilian settlement associated with the Koneswaram temple in the pre-modern era.
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The estimated population of Trincomalee is 99,135.
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The origin of the term Ko, Kone and Konatha lie in the Old Tamil word for the terms “Lord”, “King” or “Chief”, which allude to the deity that presides here; this term appears in several Tamil Brahmi inscriptions of the 6th century BCE 2nd century CE.
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German broadcaster Deutsche Welle operated a shortwave and mediumwave relay station in Trincomalee, which was handed over to the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in 2013.
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Trincomalee also is known as Gokanna/Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District.
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Trincomalee city is home to the famous Koneswaram temple from where it developed and earned its historic Tamil name Thirukonamalai.
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Trincomalee has been one of the main centres of Sri Lankan Tamil language speaking culture on the island for over two millennia.
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People from Trincomalee are known as Trincomalians.
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The British continued to hold the harbour after Sri Lanka’s independence but relinquished it in 1957.
