Velankanni
Velankanni is a special grade town panchayat in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, 350 km south of Chennai, 12 km south of Nagapattinam, and 33 km southeast of Thiruvarur.- Type: Town with 11,100 residents
- Description: town
- Also known as: “Velangann” and “Velānganni”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health and Velankanni railway station.
Velankanni
- Category: locality
- Location: Kilvelur, Nagapattinam, Chola Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.6819° or 10° 40′ 55″ north
Longitude
79.8497° or 79° 50′ 59″ east
Population
11,100
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
7J2XMRJX+QV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Vietnamese—“Velankanni” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “বেলানকান্নি”
- Cebuano: “Velankanni”
- Chinese: “韦兰卡尼”
- Dutch: “Velankanni”
- French: “Velankanni”
- German: “Velankanni”
- Hausa: “Velankanni”
- Hindi: “वेलांकन्नी”
- Italian: “Velankanni”
- Kannada: “ವೇಳಾಂಗಣ್ಣಿ”
- Latin: “Vailankanni”
- Malay: “Velankanni”
- Malayalam: “വേളാങ്കണ്ണി”
- Marathi: “वेलंनकन्नी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Velankanni”
- Newari: “भेल्लन्कन्नि”
- Newari: “वेल्लन्कन्नि”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vailankanni”
- Norwegian: “Vailankanni”
- Persian: “شهرستان ولنکنی”
- Persian: “ولنکنی”
- Polish: “Velankanni”
- Romanian: “Velankanni”
- Spanish: “Velankanni”
- Swedish: “Velankanni”
- Tamil: “வேளாங்கண்ணி”
- Telugu: “వేలాంకన్ని”
- Thai: “เวฬางกัณณิ”
- Urdu: “ویلنکانی”
- Vietnamese: “Velankanni”
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