Tellippalai
Tellippalai or Thellippalai also known as Tillypalli is a small town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. It is located about 15 kilometers north of Jaffna town along the Kankesanthurai road In the middle part of 20th century Tellippallai town had…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 15,000 residents
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Tellipalai” and “Tellipallai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tellippalai railway station and Mallakam railway station.
Tellippalai railway station
Railway station
Photo: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tellippalai railway station is a railway station in the town of Tellippalai in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo.
Mallakam railway station
Railway station
Mallakam railway station is a railway station in the town of Mallakam in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo.
Jaffna International Airport
Aerodrome
Jaffna International Airport, formerly known as Palaly Airport and Jaffna Airport, is an international airport serving northern Sri Lanka. It was also a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Palaly or SLAF Palaly. Jaffna International Airport is situated 4 km east of Tellippalai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mallakam and Alaveddy.
Mallakam
Village
Mallakam is a town in northern Sri Lanka located approximately 10 kilometres north of the city of Jaffna. The town is divided into three Village Officer Divisions whose combined population was 6,834 at the 2012 census. Mallakam is situated 2½ km southwest of Tellippalai.
Alaveddy
Village
Alaveddy is an area of North Valigamam Division, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It consists of five village tracts: Alaveddy North, Alaveddy Centre, Alaveddy East, Alaveddy South and Alaveddy West. Alaveddy is situated 3½ km southwest of Tellippalai.
Keerimalai
Village
Keerimalai is a town in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. Naguleswaram temple is located in this suburb. The mineral water spring called Keerimalai Springs here is reputed for its curative properties. Keerimalai is situated 4½ km northwest of Tellippalai.
Tellippalai
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Thanthai Selvapuram, Valikamam North Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.78218° or 9° 46′ 56″ northLongitude
80.03611° or 80° 2′ 10″ eastPopulation
15,000Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
6MX2Q2JP+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4453663169OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1226862Wikidata ID
Q7697627
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tamil—“Tellippalai” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Tellippalai”
- Catalan: “Thellippalai”
- Dutch: “Tellippalai”
- Irish: “Tellippalai”
- Japanese: “テリパライ”
- Spanish: “Tellippalai”
- Spanish: “Thellippalai”
- Tamil: “தெல்லிப்பழை”
- Tamil: “தெல்லிப்பளை”
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Notable Places Nearby
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