Vavuniya

The Northern Province is in . This Tamil-majority region was decimated by years of war but much rebuilding has already been done. You will find untouched beaches here, Hindu temples, ancient ruins and some useful northward travel connections.
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  • Type: City with 99,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Vavuniya NP”, “Vavuniya Town”, and “Vavuniyāva”

Places of Interest

Highlights include SLAF Vavuniya and Vavuniya General Hospital.

Aerodrome
Vavuniya Airport is an air force base and domestic airport in Vavuniya in northern . Located approximately 1.4 km south of the centre of Vavuniya, the airport is also known as .

Hospital
Vavuniya Hospital is a government hospital in Vavuniya, . It is the leading hospital in and is controlled by the provincial government in .

Railway station
is a railway station in the town of Thandikulam in northern . Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the with the capital .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Velikkulam.

Village
is a small town in . It is located within .

Vavuniya

Latitude
8.7594° or 8° 45′ 34″ north
Longitude
80.5001° or 80° 30′ 0″ east
Population
99,600
Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LK VAV
Open location code
6MW2QG52+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 634182147
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1225018
Wiki­data ID
Q1191330
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Vavuniya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فافونيا”
  • Asturian: “Vavuniya”
  • Bengali: “ভাভুনিয়া”
  • Bengali: “ভাভুনিয়ার”
  • Breton: “Vavuniya”
  • Bulgarian: “Вавуния”
  • Cebuano: “Vavuniya”
  • Chinese: “瓦武尼亚”
  • Chinese: “瓦武尼亞”
  • Danish: “Vavuniya”
  • Dutch: “Vavuniya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فافونيا”
  • Esperanto: “Vavunija”
  • Finnish: “Vavuniya”
  • French: “Vavuniya”
  • German: “Vavuniya”
  • Greek: “Βαβουνίγια”
  • Gujarati: “વાવુનિયા”
  • Hindi: “वावुनिया”
  • Indonesian: “Vavuniya”
  • Irish: “Vavuniya”
  • Italian: “Vavuniya”
  • Japanese: “バブニヤ”
  • Kannada: “ವವಾನಿಯಾ”
  • Kannada: “ವವುನಿಯ”
  • Korean: “바부니야”
  • Latvian: “Vavunija”
  • Lithuanian: “Vavunija”
  • Malay: “Vavuniya”
  • Marathi: “वावुनिया”
  • Mingrelian: “ვავუნია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vavuiya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vavuniya”
  • Persian: “واوونیا”
  • Polish: “Vavuniya”
  • Portuguese: “Vavuiya”
  • Russian: “Вавуния”
  • Sinhala: “වවුනියාව”
  • Spanish: “Vavuniya”
  • Swedish: “Vavuniya”
  • Tamil: “வவுனியா”
  • Telugu: “వావునియా”
  • Thai: “วาวูนิยะ”
  • Thai: “วาวูนิยา”
  • Turkish: “Vavuniya”
  • Ukrainian: “Вавунія”
  • Urdu: “واوونییا”
  • Vietnamese: “Vavuniya”

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