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{{other uses|Muttur (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mutur
| native_name = மூதூர்<br>මුතූර්
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
| pushpin_map = Sri Lanka
| subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Sri Lanka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Province]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Trincomalee District|Trincomalee]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka|DS Division]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Muttur Divisional Secretariat|Muttur]]
| population_as_of = 2012
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population by GN and Sex |url=http://203.94.94.83:8041/index.php?fileName=Activities/TentativelistofPublications |website=Sri Lanka Census of Population and Housing, 2011 |publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka |access-date=2024-02-12}}</ref>{{efn|Population estimated by combining populations of component [[Grama Niladhari]] districts: Naduthivu, Muttur East, Thahanagar, Neithalnagar, Thaqwanagar, Muttur West, Muttur Central, Jayanagar, Periyapalam, Palanagar, Alimnagar, and Kadarkaraichenai}}
| population_total = 23,652
| coordinates = {{coord|8|27|14|N|81|15|56|E|region:LK|display=inline}}
}}

'''Mutur,''' also spelled '''Muthur''' or '''Muttur,''' is a town in the [[Trincomalee District]] of [[Sri Lanka]], located about 25 km south of [[Trincomalee]], on the southern side of Trincomalee Harbour. In [[Tamil language|Tamil]] it translates to 'ancient village'. Mutur is mostly accessed by sea route. After 2010, a new seaside road was built to link with Trincomalee town via [[Kinniya]].

It is said that the business of pearl bathing was popular in the early days of this city, which depends on the sea and hence the name Muttur was given to this town. But over time, the name has changed to Maruvi Muthur. [[Sri Lankan Moors|Muslim]] people live here and [[Tamils|Tamil]] people live in [[Sampur, Trincomalee|Sampur]], the eastern part of Muthur.

In 2006, it was the site of a [[2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers|massacre]] of employees of the non-governmental organization [[Action Against Hunger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aahuk.org/Press%20Releases/Sri%20Lanka/SriLanka7August2006.htm |title=15 of Action Against Hunger's (ACFIN) national employees from Sri Lanka were killed in Muttur |accessdate=12 February 2024 |work=Action Against Hunger |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008094620/http://www.aahuk.org/Press%20Releases/Sri%20Lanka/SriLanka7August2006.htm |archivedate=8 October 2007 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Mutur Electoral District]]
* [[2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Towns in Trincomalee District]]
[[Category:Muttur DS Division]]

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