Chavakachcheri
Chavakachcheri is a town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It may have Javanese origins, as the name "Chaavaka+cheari" literally means Javanese settlement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 41,400 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Chavakacheri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chavakachcheri Hospital and Chavakachcheri railway station.
Chavakachcheri Hospital
Hospital
Chavakachcheri Hospital is a government hospital in Chavakachcheri, Sri Lanka. It is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna. As of 2010 it had 111 beds.
Chavakachcheri railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chavakachcheri railway station is a railway station in the town of Chavakachcheri in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo.
Chavakachcheri Hindu College
School
Chavakachcheri Hindu College is a national school in Chavakachcheri, Sri Lanka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thanankilappu and Kodikamam.
Thanankilappu
Village
Thanankilappu is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province. Thanankilappu is situated 3 km southwest of Chavakachcheri.
Kodikamam
Town
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kodikamam is a small town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Kodikamam is situated 7 km east of Chavakachcheri.
Kaithady
Town
Kaithady is a suburb in the northern district of Jaffna in Sri Lanka, with a population of nearly 10,000. There are more than five primary schools and three secondary schools. Kaithady is situated 7 km northwest of Chavakachcheri.
Chavakachcheri
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nunavil Centre, Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.6579° or 9° 39′ 28″ northLongitude
80.16431° or 80° 9′ 52″ eastPopulation
41,400Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
6MX2M557+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 1245043181OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1249222Wikidata ID
Q1068504
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Chavakachcheri” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chavakachcheri”
- Dutch: “Chavakacheri”
- Esperanto: “Ĉavakaĉeri”
- French: “Chavakacheri”
- German: “Chavakachcheri”
- German: “Chavakacheri”
- Irish: “Chavakacheri”
- Japanese: “チャーワーカッチェリ”
- Japanese: “チャヴァカッチェリ”
- Lithuanian: “Čavakačeris”
- Malayalam: “ചാവക്കച്ചേരി”
- Mingrelian: “ჩავაკაჩჩერი”
- Persian: “چاواکاچری”
- Polish: “Chavakacheri”
- Sinhala: “චාවකච්චේරි”
- Spanish: “Chavakacheri”
- Swedish: “Chavakachcheri”
- Tamil: “சாவகச்சேரி”
- Urdu: “چاواکاچچیری”
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