Thanankilappu
Thanankilappu is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province. Thanankilappu has about 7,000 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 7,000 residents
- Description: place in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Tanakallappu” and “Tanankilappu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chavakachcheri railway station and Chavakachcheri Hospital.
Chavakachcheri railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chavakachcheri railway station is a railway station in the town of Chavakachcheri 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. Chavakachcheri railway station is situated 2½ km north of Thanankilappu.
Chavakachcheri Hospital
Hospital
Chavakachcheri Hospital is a government hospital in Chavakachcheri, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna. As of 2010 it had 111 beds. Chavakachcheri Hospital is situated 3½ km northeast of Thanankilappu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chavakachcheri and Kaithady.
Chavakachcheri
Town
Chavakachcheri is a town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It may have Javanese origins, as the name "Chaavaka+cheari" literally means Javanese settlement. Chavakachcheri is situated 3 km northeast of Thanankilappu.
Kaithady
Town
Kaithady is a suburb in the northern district of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, with a population of nearly 10,000. There are more than five primary schools and three secondary schools. Kaithady is situated 8 km northwest of Thanankilappu.
Navatkuli
Town
Navatkuli is a town in Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located about 6.5 km from Jaffna. Navatkuli consists of three grama niladhari divisions in the Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat: Navatkuli West, Navatkuli East, and Kaithady Navatkuli. Navatkuli is situated 8 km northwest of Thanankilappu.
Thanankilappu
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Thanankilappu, Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.63363° or 9° 38′ 1″ northLongitude
80.15291° or 80° 9′ 11″ eastPopulation
7,000Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
6MX2J5M3+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 4455834911OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1227044Wikidata ID
Q7710110
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Thanankilappu” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Тхананкилапу”
- Cebuano: “Thanankilappu”
- Dutch: “Thanankilappu”
- Irish: “Thanankilappu”
- Persian: “تانانکیلاپو”
- Swedish: “Thanankilappu”
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