Political-military organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched a war of independence against the Sri Lankan army in 1983 and came to control large swathes of Tamil Eelam land over the next two decades, establishing a de facto independent quasi-state there. Even so, main Tamil party in Sri Lanka Tamil National Alliance (TNA) often refers only to Northern and Eastern provinces as being Tamil, leaving aside the Puttalam district.
The borders of Tamil Eelam referred to in the general information above correspond to those that the Tamil national movement devised in the 1980s and which, even today, continue to propose numerous Tamil organizations in the diaspora.
The name literally means “Tamil Sri Lanka”, taking an ancient Tamil name ( Eelam) to refer to the whole island (the present Tamil name for it is Ilankai). Tamil Eelam is the name referring to the territory of Sri Lanka that the Tamil sovereignty movement regards as the national land of the Tamil people. Tamil Eelam General information Population 3,379,221 (2012 census) Area 21.952 km² Institutions Eastern province, Northern province, district of Puttalam (subdivisions of Sri Lanka) Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (Tamil diaspora) Major cities Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, Jaffna State administration Sri Lanka Territorial languages Tamil, Indo-Portuguese, Sinhalese Official languages Tamil, Sinhalese Major religion Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam National day Maaveerar or Heroes' Day (27 November)
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