Nilavarai is a location in the Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is popular for a natural underground Water well where the water never gets depleted and it serves the irrigation of the neighbouring fields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tholakaddy and Palaly, Sri Lanka.

Tholakaddy

Village

Tholakaddy is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province. Tholakaddy is situated 4 km north of Puttur.

Palaly, Sri Lanka

Town

Palaly is a small town in the North Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. It has an important International airport and a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Palaly or SLAF Palaly. Palaly, Sri Lanka is situated 5 km northwest of Puttur.

Urumpirai

Village

Urumpirai is a town in Northern Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is located 9 km from Jaffna. Urumpirai is situated 7 km southwest of Puttur.

Puttur

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Siruppiddy East, Valikamam East Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.75092° or 9° 45′ 3″ north

Longitude

80.09547° or 80° 5′ 44″ east

Population

7,000

Elevation

8 metres (26 feet)

Open location code

6MX2Q32W+95

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4468083862

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

1229285

Wikidata ID

Q2119342

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Tamil—“Puttur” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Puttur, Sri Lanka”
German: “Puttur”
Irish: “Puttur”
Malayalam: “പുത്തൂർ”
Sinhala: “පුත්තුර්”
Spanish: “Puttur”
Tamil: “புத்தூர்”

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