What is Trincomalee?
{{Infobox settlement |name = Trincomalee |official_name = City of Trincomalee |native_name = {{lang|ta|திருகோணமலை}}<br/>{{lang|si|ත්‍රිකුණාමලය}} |settlement_type = [[City]] |image_skyline = Bay of Trincomalee.jpg |image_caption = View of [[Trincomalee Bay]] |image_map = Trincomalee District A3.png |pushpin_map = Sri Lanka |map_caption = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|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 = Town & Gravets | government_type = [[Trincomalee Urban Council|Urban Council]] | leader_title = Chairman | unit_pref = [[Metric system|Metric]] | area_total_km2 = 7.5 |population_as_of = 2012 |population_total = 99,135 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_demonym = Trincomalians |coordinates = {{coord|8|34|0|N|81|14|0|E|region:LK|display=inline}} |timezone = [[Time zone#UTC .2B 6.2C F|Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone]] |utc_offset = +5:30 |utc_offset_DST = +6 }} '''Trincomalee''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|ˌ|t|r|ɪ|ŋ|k|oʊ|m|ə|ˈ|l|iː}}; {{lang-ta|திருகோணமலை|translit=Tirukōṇamalai}}; {{lang-si|ත්‍රිකුණාමළය|translit= Trikuṇāmaḷaya}}) also known as Gokanna/Gokarna,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://global.britannica.com/place/Trincomalee|title=Trincomalee – Sri Lanka|website=britannica.com|access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref> is a city in [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]], [[Sri Lanka]]. It is the [[Administration|administrative]] headquarters of the [[Trincomalee District]] and a major [[port]] city. The city is on the east coast of the island. It overlooks the [[Trincomalee Harbour]]. Trincomalee is {{convert|237|km|mi}} north-east of [[Colombo]], {{convert|182|km|mi}} south-east of [[Jaffna]]