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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Valaichchenai railway station and Oddamavadi Bridge.
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.
Oddamavadi Bridge
Bridge
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Oddamavadi Bridge is a road bridge in Oddamavadi, Sri Lanka a length of 250 meters. It crosses the Valaichchenai Lagoon at Batticaloa. The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomallee highway. Oddamavadi Bridge is situated 2½ km northwest of Valaichchenai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pasikudah.
Pasikudah
Village
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Pasikudah or Pasikuda (Tamil: பாசிக்குடா; Sinhala: පාසිකුඩා; is a coastal resort town located 35 kilometers northwest of Batticaloa, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. Pasikudah is situated 4 km northeast of Valaichchenai.
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″ northLongitude
81.53312° or 81° 31′ 59″ eastPopulation
10,000Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
6MV3WG5M+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1880414146OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1225182Wikidata ID
Q7909205
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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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Valaichchenai Base Hospital and Abrar Masjid.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Valaichchenai”. Photo: Anton 17, CC BY-SA 4.0.