Moolai
Moolai is a town in Northern Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. It is located 12 km North West from the city of Jaffna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 5,000 residents
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Mulai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria College, Chulipuram and Jaffna College.
Victoria College, Chulipuram
School
Victoria College is a provincial school in Chulipuram, Sri Lanka.
Jaffna College
School
Jaffna College is a private school in Vaddukoddai, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1871 as a successor to the Batticotta Seminary which had been established by American missionaries. Jaffna College is situated 2½ km southeast of Moolai.
Vaddukoddai Hindu College
School
J/ Vaddukoddai Hindu College is a National School in Vaddukoddai, Sri Lanka. Vaddukoddai Hindu College was started as an English school by Ambalavana Navalar on Vijayadashami in the month of 1894. against Vaddukoddai Seminary in order to prevent this process of "Saiva Tamil" children converting to Christianity for learning English and get government jobs. Vaddukoddai Hindu College is situated 2½ km east of Moolai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chulipuram and Chankanai.
Chulipuram
Village
Chulipuram is a village in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. Its area is 7.5 km2. It is located about 16 kilometers north-west of Jaffna town along the Karainagar-Manipay-Jaffna road AB17. The Victoria College, Chulipuram is the main icon of Chulipuram.
Chankanai
Town
Chankanai is a town located 12 km north-west of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Chankanai is situated 4 km east of Moolai.
Pandatharippu
Town
Pandatharippu or Pandaththarippu or Pandaththeruppu is a village in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. It is located approximately 20 km from City of Jaffna. Pandatharippu is situated 5 km northeast of Moolai.
Moolai
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Moolai, Valikamam West, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.75005° or 9° 45′ 0″ northLongitude
79.93542° or 79° 56′ 8″ eastPopulation
5,000Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
6JXXQW2P+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 3220283353OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1234431Wikidata ID
Q6907353
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tamil—“Moolai” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Молаи”
- Cebuano: “Moolai”
- Dutch: “Moolai”
- Irish: “Moolai”
- Swedish: “Moolai”
- Tamil: “மூளாய்”
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Notable Places Nearby
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