What is Batticaloa?
{{About|the capital of the [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka]]}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Batticaloa | native_name = மட்டக்களப்பு <br /> මඩකලපුව | settlement_type = [[City]] | image_skyline = Batticaloa montage.jpg | image_caption = Clockwise from top: Kallady Bridge, Unnichchai Tank, Fishing boats, Batticaloa Bus stand, Batticaloa Lagoon, Batticaloa Fort, Batticaloa Lighthouse | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka | 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 = [[Batticaloa District|Batticaloa]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka|DS Division]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Manmunai North Divisional Secretariat]] | government_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://batticaloa.mc.gov.lk/mayor_members.php|title=Batticaloa municipal details|website=batticaloa.mc.gov.lk}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | government_type = [[Municipal councils of Sri Lanka|Municipal Council]] | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Thiyagarajah Saravanapavan | leader_party = [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi|ITAK]] | unit_pref = [[Metric system|Metric]] | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 75 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/srilanka/cities/|title = Area details}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 86,227 | population_density_km2 = 1,268 | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_dens