Karainagar
Karainagar is located 20 km from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on the island of Karaitivu. In Tamil, the name is derived from the Tamil word 'kadar-karai' meaning a settlement on the sea coast. Karainagar is the nearest town to Casuarina Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Indi Samarajiva, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yarlton College and Kovilan Point Lighthouse.
Kovilan Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Sangee1495, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kovalam Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the island of Karaitivu in northern Sri Lanka. The lighthouse, built in 1916, is a 30 metres white round masonry tower. Kovilan Point Lighthouse is situated 3½ km northwest of Karainagar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thankodai and Kayts.
Thankodai
Hamlet
Thankodai is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province. Thankodai is situated 3½ km west of Karainagar.
Kayts
Town
Kayts, is a village on Velanai Island, off the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka. There are a number of other villages on the island such as Allaippiddi, Mankumpan, Velanai, Saravanai, Puliyankoodal, Suruvil, Naranthanai, Karampon and Melinchimunai. Kayts is situated 6 km south of Karainagar.
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. Chulipuram is situated 7 km northeast of Karainagar.
Karainagar
- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: town in Sri Lanka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Karainagar West, Karainagar Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.74044° or 9° 44′ 26″ northLongitude
79.88504° or 79° 53′ 6″ eastPopulation
5,000Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
6JXXPVRP+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 1886574306OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1241376Wikidata ID
Q6368006
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tamil—“Karainagar” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Караинагар”
- Cebuano: “Karainagar”
- Dutch: “Karainagar”
- French: “Karainagar”
- Greek: “Καραϊναγκάρ”
- Irish: “Karainagar”
- Japanese: “カライナーガル”
- Malayalam: “കാരൈനഗർ”
- Swedish: “Karainagar”
- Tamil: “காரைநகர்”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Divisonal Hospital - Karainagar and Karainagar Divisional Secretariat.
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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 “Karainagar”. Photo: Indi Samarajiva, CC BY 2.0.