Valaichchenai
Valaichchenai is a town in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It could also be spelled as Valaichenai or Valachchenai. The world-famous Pasikudah Beach is located about 3 km east of Valaichenai along the Indian Ocean.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valaichchenai railway station.
Valaichchenai railway station
Railway station
Valaichchenai railway station Tamil: வாழைச்சேனை ரயில் நிலையம்), is a railway station in the town of Valaichchenai in eastern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Batticaloa Line which links Batticaloa District with the capital Colombo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oddamavadi and Pasikudah.
Oddamavadi
Suburb
Oddamavadi or Oddamavady is a town in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. Twelve villages are located in Oddamavadi which administered under the Koralai Pattu West Divisional Secretariat Oddamavadi is one of the highest fish producing divisions of Batticaloa.
Pasikudah
Village
Valaichchenai
- Type: Town with 10,000 residents
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kannagipuram, Koralai Pattu Divisional Secretariat, Batticaloa District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
7.90908° or 7° 54′ 33″ north
Longitude
81.53312° or 81° 31′ 59″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
6MV3WG5M+J6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Uzbek—“Valaichchenai” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Valaichchenai”
- German: “Valaichchenai”
- Irish: “Valaichchenai”
- Japanese: “バルチェナイ”
- Persian: “والایچنای”
- Tamil: “வாழைச்சேனை”
- Uzbek: “Valaichchenai”
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