Point Pedro
Point Pedro, also known as Paruthithurai is a town, located in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka, at the northernmost point of the island. Cotton is produced around Point Pedro in the fertile calcic red latosol soils.
- Town with about 31,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
Places of Interest
Discover Point Pedro Lighthouse and Velautham Maha Vidyalayam.
Point Pedro Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Point Pedro Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Point Pedro in northern Sri Lanka.
Velautham Maha Vidyalayam
School
Velautham Maha Vidyalayam is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.
Hartley College
School
Hartley College is a provincial school in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nelliyady and Alvai.
Alvai
Village
Alvai or Alvaay is a coastal village in Vadamaraadchi, northern Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka.
Vallipuram
Village
Vallipuram is a village in Vadamarachchi, near Point Pedro in Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
4 km south of Point Pedro
Point Pedro
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Latitude
9.8241° or 9° 49′ 27″ north
Longitude
80.2362° or 80° 14′ 10″ east
UN/LOCODE
LK PPE
Open location code
6MX2R6FP+JF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Point Pedro” goes by many names.
Point PedroBasque
Point PedroCatalan
Point PedroCebuano
佩德罗角Chinese
佩德羅角Chinese
Point PedroDutch
Point PedroEsperanto
Point PedroFriulian
Point PedroItalian
ペドロ岬Japanese
ポイント・ペドロJapanese
പരുത്തിത്തുറൈMalayalam
პოინტ-პედროMingrelian
Point PedroNorwegian
Point PedroNorwegian Bokmål
پوینت پدروPersian
Point PedroPolish
Пойнт-ПедроRussian
පේදුරු තුඩුවSinhala
Point PedroSwedish
பருத்தித்துறைTamil
پوائنٹ پیڈروUrdu
Point PedroVenetian
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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