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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  • City with 99,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 104 metres (341 feet)
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as
    “Vavuniya NP”
    “Vavuniya Town”
    “Vavuniyāva”

Places of Interest

Highlights include SLAF Vavuniya and Thandikulam railway station.
Vavuniya Airport is an air force base and domestic airport in Vavuniya in northern .
is a railway station in the town of Thandikulam in northern .
Vavuniya Hospital is a government hospital in Vavuniya, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Velikkulam.
is a small town in .

Vavuniya

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Latitude
8.7594° or 8° 45′ 34″ north
Longitude
80.5001° or 80° 30′ 0″ east
UN/LOCODE
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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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