Colombuthurai

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| name = Colombuthurai

| native_name = {{lang|ta|கொழும்புத்துறை}}
{{lang|si|කොලොම්තර}}

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| settlement_type = Suburb

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| pushpin_map = Sri Lanka Northern Province#Sri Lanka

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| coordinates = {{Coord|9|39|16.00|N|80|02|29.80|E|region:LK-41|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Sri Lanka

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Northern

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Jaffna

| subdivision_type3 = DS Division

| subdivision_name3 = Jaffna

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| government_type = Municipal Council

| governing_body = Jaffna

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| population_as_of = 2012

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| population_total = 3,431

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = Post Codes

| postal_code = 4136010-4136015

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| area_code = 021

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Colombuthurai ({{langx|ta|கொழும்புத்துறை|translit=Koḻumputtuṟai}}; {{langx|si|කොලොම්තර}} Kolomtara) is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka.{{cite news|title=Jaffna fighting claims more|url=https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=5367|work=TamilNet|date=4 September 2000}} Colombuthurai means "the port at the bending point" in Tamil and is derived from the Tamil words kolu (plough point) and thurai (port).{{cite news|title=Know the Etymology: 130 - Colombo / Kozhumpu / Ko'lumpu / Ko'lamba|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=98&artid=29330|work=TamilNet|date=11 May 2009}} The suburb is divided into two village officer divisions (Colombuthurai East and Colombuthurai West) whose combined population was 3,431 at the 2012 census.{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/FinalReport_GN/population/P2.pdf|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|page=154|access-date=2017-03-12|archive-date=2019-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604182112/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/FinalReport_GN/population/P2.pdf|url-status=dead}}