Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Located on the east coast of the island overlooking the TrincomaleeHarbour, 113 miles south of Jaffna and 69 miles north of Batticaloa. The city is built on a peninsula of the same name, which divides its inner and outer harbours.One of the oldest cities in Asia, it has served as a major maritime seaport in the international trading history of the island with South East Asia.