Mirusuvil

{{Infobox settlement | name = Mirusuvil | native_name = மிருசுவில்<br>මිරුසුවිල | settlement_type = Town | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka Northern Province | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Sri Lanka | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Northern | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Jaffna | subdivision_type4 = DS Division | subdivision_name4 = Thenmarachchi | coordinates = {{coord|9|40|0|N|80|14|0|E|region:LK|display=inline,title}} }} thumb|left|250px|Mirusuvil Railway Station. '''Mirusuvil''' ({{Langx|ta|மிருசுவில்}}) is a town in the north of Sri Lanka, near Kodikamam.<ref>{{cite news |title=Signal failure: Railway crossings now death traps due to power outages |url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220424/news/signal-failure-railway-crossings-now-death-traps-due-to-power-outages-480707.html |access-date=17 January 2026 |agency=The Sunday Times |date=24 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Person hacked to death in Jaffna |url=https://hirunews.lk/en/240003/person-hacked-to-death-in-jaffna |access-date=17 January 2026 |agency=Hire News |date=4 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rajasuriar |first1=G. K. |title=The History of the Tamils and the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka |date=1998 |publisher=Quill Graphics |isbn=9780646365701 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUpuAAAAMAAJ&q=Mirusuvil |access-date=17 January 2026}}</ref>

It was the site of the Mirusuvil massacre in 2000.<ref name="BBCS2000">{{cite news | url= https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2005/03/050306_mirusuvil | title = Mirusuvil massacre case | publisher =BBC.com | date = 2007-05-09 }}</ref><ref name="SLM2000">{{cite news |url=http://brcslproject.gn.apc.org/slmonitor/december2000/miru.html |title=Mirusuvil mass graves |publisher=British Refugee Council: Sri Lanka Monitor |date=2007-05-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006081536/http://www.brcslproject.gn.apc.org/slmonitor/December2000/miru.html |archivedate=2008-10-06 }}</ref><ref name="chrdsl">{{cite web|url= http://www.chrdsrilanka.org/pages/LAPCASES5.html|title= Activities of Center for Human Rights Development|date= 2007-05-09|work= chrdsrilanka.org|access-date= 2007-08-27|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130513084228/http://chrdsrilanka.org/PAGES/LAPCASES5.html|archive-date= 2013-05-13|url-status= dead}}</ref>

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Category:Towns in Jaffna District Category:Thenmarachchi DS Division