Vankalai
Vankalai or Vangalai or Vangkaalai is a predominantly fishing and farming village situated in Mannar District of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It lies along the Naanaattan Road with the sea on its west connecting to the Indian Ocean.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Venkalai”
Vankalai
- Categories: geographical feature and locality
- Location: Thomaspuri, Nanaddan Divisional Secretariat, Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.89393° or 8° 53′ 38″ northLongitude
79.93323° or 79° 55′ 60″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
6JWXVWVM+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 11659276359OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Vankalai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فانكلي”
- Persian: “ونکلی”
- Tamil: “வங்காலை”
- Turkish: “Vangalai”
- Turkish: “Vankalai”
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