Urumpirai West

Urumpirai West is a locality in , , . Urumpirai West is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inuvil railway station and Chunnakam railway station.

Railway station
is a railway station in the village of in northern . Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the with the capital .

Railway station
is a railway station in the town of in northern . Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the with the capital .

Power station
The , is a 36 MW fuel-oil burning power station built in , , in . The power station was built after the Northern Power company won a Ceylon Electricity Board tender to urgently set up a power station in the region in response to the 1990s/2000s power crisis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jaffna and Chunnakam.

Photo: Gane Kumaraswamy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
District is the northernmost region of , and one of the oldest inhabited places on the island. It is populated mainly by Tamil speaking people.

Town
is a town, located 9.7 km north of . It is one of the important commercial centres in Jaffna. The original name of the town was Mayilani.

Town
or Maanippaai is a town in the northern of . The original name of is Periyapulam. It was a mission location when the American Ceylon Mission came to Sri Lanka in the 19th century. is situated 4½ km west of Urumpirai West.

Urumpirai West

Latitude
9.7178° or 9° 43′ 4″ north
Longitude
80.0386° or 80° 2′ 19″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
6MX2P29Q+4C
Geo­Names ID
7324021
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