Mandaitivu

Mandaitivu is a triangulation station in Mandaitivu East, Island South Divisional Secretariat, Northern Province.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jaffna and Ariyalai.

Jaffna

Jaffna District is the northernmost region of Sri Lanka, and one of the oldest inhabited places on the island. It is populated mainly by Tamil speaking people.

Ariyalai is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census. Ariyalai is situated 8 km northeast of Mandaitivu.

Nallur

Town

Photo: Gane Kumaraswamy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nallur is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus. Nallur is situated 8 km northeast of Mandaitivu.

Mandaitivu

Type: Triangulation station
Location: Mandaitivu East, Island South Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.6083° or 9° 36′ 30″ north

Longitude

80.0006° or 80° 0′ 2″ east

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

6MX2J252+86

GeoNames ID

1236257

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