Navaly

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Navaly

| native_name = நவாலி
නවලි

| 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 = Valikamam South‐West

| coordinates = {{coord|09|42|55|N|79|59|05|E|region:LK|display=inline,title}}

}}

Navaly ({{langx|ta|நவாலி}} ; {{langx|si|නවලි}}), also transliterated as Navali, Navaaly or Navaali is a town in the Jaffna District of Sri Lanka and it is located about 6 km from Jaffna, in the northwest of the peninsula of the same name. There are many famous places in the town, for example: Navaly kalaiyoodai amman koovil, St. Peter's Church. Nearly 1500 people live there.

On 9 July 1995, during the Sri Lankan Civil War, the village church was bombed by the Sri Lankan Air Force. It is estimated that 125 civilians were killed.[http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/erc/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/SriLanka.html 1995 Human Rights report – South Asia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050320003919/http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/SriLanka.html |date=20 March 2005 }}

Navaly is divided into three sections:

  1. Navaly East
  2. Navaly North
  3. Navaly South

See also

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