Kattankudy

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kattankudy

| native_name = {{nobold|காத்தான்குடி}}
කාත්තාන්කුඩි

| native_name_lang = tamil

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = The bazaar strip along the road.jpg

| image_caption = The bazaar strip along the road

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| pushpin_map = Sri Lanka

| coordinates = {{coord|7|40|49|N|81|43|34|E|region:LK|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Sri Lanka

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_type4 = DS Division

| subdivision_type5 = Postal Code

| subdivision_name2 = Eastern

| subdivision_name3 = Batticaloa

| subdivision_name4 = Kattankudy

| subdivision_name5 = 30100

| government_type = Urban Council

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| leader_title = Chairman

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| population_total = 47,603

| population_as_of = 2014

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| website = {{URL|http://kattankudy.uc.gov.lk/}}
{{URL|http://kattankudy.ds.gov.lk/}}

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| timezone = Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone

| utc_offset = +5:30

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| imagesize = 250px

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Kattankudy ({{langx|ta|காத்தான்குடி}}, {{langx|si|කාත්තාන්කුඩි}}; also transliterated as "Kathankudy") is a township near the city of Batticaloa on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. The town is predominantly populated by Muslims.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13602000902943575?journalCode=cjmm20|doi = 10.1080/13602000902943575|title = Kattankudy in Eastern Sri Lanka: A Mullah-Merchant Urban Complex Caught between Islamist Factionalism and Ethno-Nationalisms|year = 2009|last1 = Ali|first1 = Ameer|journal = Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs|volume = 29|issue = 2|pages = 183–194|s2cid = 144521612}}

Most of the people are engaged in business, industries and fisheries. The division of Kattankudy occupies the central part of the district. It covers land area of approximately {{convert|2.56|sqkm|abbr=on}} and {{convert|1.33|sqkm|abbr=on}} of inland waterways, the division accounts for 0.15% of the district's total land area.{{cite web |url=https://www.soslc.lk/en/cities/Kattankudy-Urban-Council |title = Kattankudy Urban Council {{!}} Cities {{!}} SoSLC}}{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fworld%2fasia_pacific%2fthe-remote-sri-lankan-enclave-that-produced-the-mastermind-of-a-massacre%2f2019%2f04%2f26%2f9358f48c-6830-11e9-a698-2a8f808c9cfb_story.html| title = - The Washington Post| newspaper = The Washington Post}}