Kopai Centre

Kopai Centre is a locality in Valikamam East Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province. Kopai Centre is situated nearby to the locality Kopay North, as well as near Nirveli South.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inuvil railway station and Urumpirai Saiva Tamil Vidyalayam.

Inuvil railway station

Railway station

Inuvil railway station is a railway station in the village of Inuvil 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. Inuvil railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Kopai Centre.

Urumpirai Saiva Tamil Vidyalayam

School

Urumpirai Saiva Tamil Vidyalayam is a provincial school in Urumpirai, Sri Lanka.

Northern Power Station

Power station

The Northern Power Station, is a 36 MW fuel-oil burning power station built in Chunnakam, Jaffna District, in Sri Lanka. 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. Northern Power Station is situated 4 km northwest of Kopai Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaithady and Nallur.

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 6 km southeast of Kopai Centre.

Nallur

Town

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 5 km southwest of Kopai Centre.

Chunnakam

Town

Chunnakam is a town, located 9.7 km north of Jaffna. It is one of the important commercial centres in Jaffna. The original name of the town was Mayilani. Chunnakam is situated 5 km northwest of Kopai Centre.

Kopai Centre

Type: Locality
Location: Valikamam East Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.7081° or 9° 42′ 29″ north

Longitude

80.0564° or 80° 3′ 23″ east

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

6MX2P354+6H

GeoNames ID

7324409

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