Northern Province
Jaffna District
Vadamaradchi North Divisional Secretariat

Point Pedro

Point Pedro, also known as Paruthithurai is a town, located in , , at the northernmost point of the island. Cotton is produced around Point Pedro in the fertile calcic red latosol soils.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Point Pedro Lighthouse and Velautham Maha Vidyalayam.

Lighthouse
is a lighthouse in Point Pedro in northern . Built in 1916, the 32 metres white lighthouse has a round masonry tower with lantern and gallery. The lighthouse is dwarfed by a vast communication tower for the Sri Lanka Navy.

School
is a provincial school in Point Pedro, .

School
is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. Founded in 1838 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools. The school is named after Wesleyan priest and missionary Rev. Hartley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nelliyady and Alvai.

Town
Nelliady is a town in , . It is one of the busiest towns in Jaffna district. After many coastal areas of Sri Lanka were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami many people settled further inland, in towns including Nelliady. is situated 5 km southwest of Point Pedro.

Village
or Alvaay is a coastal in Vadamaraadchi, northern , . It is located 30 kilometers from the city of or 5 kilometers from the town of Point Pedro. Panai Munai, the northernmost point of , is in .

Village
is a village in Vadamarachchi, near Point Pedro in . The village is an ancient settlement with rich archeological remains. The village is home to the Vishnu temple Aalvar Kovil. is situated 4 km south of Point Pedro.

Point Pedro

Latitude
9.8241° or 9° 49′ 27″ north
Longitude
80.2362° or 80° 14′ 10″ east
Population
20,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LK PPE
Open location code
6MX2R6FP+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 803792646
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1229989
Wiki­data ID
Q2307889
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Point Pedro” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Point Pedro”
  • Catalan: “Point Pedro”
  • Cebuano: “Point Pedro”
  • Chinese: “佩德罗角”
  • Chinese: “佩德羅角”
  • Dutch: “Point Pedro”
  • Esperanto: “Point Pedro”
  • French: “Point Pedro”
  • Friulian: “Point Pedro”
  • German: “Point Pedro”
  • Italian: “Point Pedro”
  • Japanese: “ペドロ岬”
  • Japanese: “ポイント・ペドロ”
  • Malayalam: “പരുത്തിത്തുറൈ”
  • Mingrelian: “პოინტ-პედრო”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Point Pedro”
  • Norwegian: “Point Pedro”
  • Persian: “پوینت پدرو”
  • Polish: “Point Pedro”
  • Russian: “Пойнт-Педро”
  • Sinhala: “පේදුරු තුඩුව”
  • Spanish: “Point Pedro”
  • Swedish: “Point Pedro”
  • Tamil: “பருத்தித்துறை”
  • Urdu: “پوائنٹ پیڈرو”
  • Venetian: “Point Pedro”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Point Pedro Shopping & Market and Point Pedro Post Office.

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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 “Point Pedro”. Photo: Mayooresan, GFDL.