History
See also: History of Northern Province, Sri LankaRegardless, historically in the recent centuries Chunnakam has been an area dominated mostly by Sri Lankan Tamils and up until the 80's there was a small Sinhala population from the south along with Indian Tamils, Moors, and other South Indian Non-Tamils such as Malayalis lived in Chunnakam area.
This ethnic diversity among its residents gave Chunnakam a characteristic of a major city.
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