Vattapalai

Vattapalai is a village in Maritimepattu Divisional Secretariat, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. Vattapalai is situated nearby to the town Mulliyawalai, as well as near the village Thaanneerootu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mulliyawalai and Kumarapuram.

Mulliyawalai

Town

Mulliyawalai or Mulliyavalai is a town in northern Sri Lanka. It is divided into five village officer divisions: Mulliyawalai Centre, Mulliyawalai East, Mulliyawalai North, Mulliyawalai South, and Mulliyawalai West.

Kumarapuram

Village

Photo: Mathi.Kumarathurai, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kumarapuram is a small village in Trincomalee district in Sri Lanka. The village was founded in 1981 by Kumarathurai, after whom it is named. It was the scene of the Kumarapuram massacre in 1996. Kumarapuram is situated 3½ km southeast of Vattapalai.

Vattapalai

Type: Village with 7,000 residents
Category: locality
Location: Maritimepattu Divisional Secretariat, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.2511° or 9° 15′ 4″ north

Longitude

80.7832° or 80° 46′ 59″ east

Population

7,000

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

6MX27Q2M+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4556966559

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

11984663

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