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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{About|the settlement|the irrigation tank|Iranamadu Tank}}<br />
{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Iranamadu<br />
| native_name = {{lang|ta|இரணமடு}}<br>{{lang|si|ඉරණමඩුව}}<br />
| settlement_type = [[Village]]<br />
| pushpin_map = Sri Lanka Northern Province#Sri Lanka<br />
| subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = [[Sri Lanka]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Province]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kilinochchi District|Kilinochchi]] <br />
| subdivision_type4 = [[Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka|DS Division]]<br />
| subdivision_name4 = Karachchi <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|9|20|0|N|80|24|0|E|region:LK|display=inline}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Iranamadu''' or '''Iranaimadu''' ({{langx|ta|இரணைமடு|translit=Iraṇaimaṭu|lit=Double-bund}}; {{langx|si|ඉරණමඩුව|translit=Iraṇamaḍuva}})<ref>{{cite news |title=Ira'nai-madu, ira'na-vila, Iratta-ku'lama|url=https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=98&artid=36733|publisher=TamilNet |date=October 9, 2013}}</ref> is a city in [[Kilinochchi District]], [[Sri Lanka]]. It includes a [[Iranamadu Tank|lake]] that provides water to the paddy fields in the region. The [[Sri Lankan Army]] claimed in early 2009 that they had captured an [[Air Tigers|Air Tiger]] [[airstrip]] in the area.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090224075326/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1881087,00.html Time (magazine)]</ref><br />
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==Transport==<br />
===Air===<br />
The airstrip which once belonged to the [[LTTE]] is being expanded by the [[Sri Lankan Airforce]] to make it an important airforce base in the north. It will be called [[SLAF Iranamadu]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kilinochchi]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://wikimapia.org/11136954/Iranamadu-LTTE-Air-Strip Satellite image of LTTE airstrip]<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Kilinochchi District]]<br />
[[Category:Kandavalai DS Division]]<br />
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