Valikamam West
Valikamam West is a Divisional Secretariat of Jaffna District, of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. In official government records and statistical data, the division is referred to as Chankanai, after the administrative center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: Divisional Secretariat in Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Valikamam West Division”
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.
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 3½ km east of Valikamam West.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karainagar and Chulipuram.
Karainagar
Town
Photo: Indi Samarajiva, CC BY 2.0.
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. Karainagar is situated 4½ km west of Valikamam West.
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 5 km east of Valikamam West.
Valikamam West
- Category: Divisional Secretariat of Sri Lanka
- Location: Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Valikamam West” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Valikamam West Division”
- Sinhala: “වලිකාමම් බටහිර ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාසය”
- Swedish: “Valikamam West Division”
- Tamil: “சங்கானை பிரதேச செயலாளர் பிரிவு”
- Tamil: “வலிகாமம் மேற்கு பிரதேச செயலாளர் பிரிவு”
- Ukrainian: “Західний Валікамам (підрозділ окружного секретаріату)”
- Ukrainian: “Західний Валікамам”
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