Vavuniya

Vavuniya வவுனியா වවුනියා
Town

Vavuniya
Coordinates: 8°45′0″N 80°29′0″E / 8.75000°N 80.48333°E / 8.75000; 80.48333Coordinates: 8°45′0″N 80°29′0″E / 8.75000°N 80.48333°E / 8.75000; 80.48333
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern
District	Vavuniya
DS Division	Vavuniya South (Tamil)
Government
• Type	Urban Council
• Chairman	Iyaththurai Kanagiah (TNA)
Population (2007)
• Total	67,856
• Density	3,341/km² (8,641/sq mi)
Time zone	Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone (UTC+5:30)
Website	www.newvavuniya.com

Vavuniya (Tamil: வவுனியா, Sinhalese: වවුනියා) is a large town in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. It is also the main town in the Vavuniya District.

The Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni is located in Vavuniya. The town has a a railway station, which is located on the Northern Line.^[1] The Vavuniya airport which is also used by the Sri Lankan Airforce is also located here^[2]

Vavuniya is situated in the middle of the Vanni region and it's the gate to northern province where people can access all the northern cities quickly.

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References

↑ "Nothern Line". railway.gov.
↑ "VCCV VAVUNIYA".

Sri Lankan cities with a 50,000+ population

500,000 and more	Colombo

200,000–499,999	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Moratuwa

50,000–249,999	Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Negombo Kandy Kalmunai Vavuniya Galle Trincomalee Batticaloa Jaffna Katunayake Dambulla Kolonnawa Anuradhapura Ratnapura

Metropolitan cities of Sri Lanka

National capitals^#	Colombo^* (Commercial) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative)

Municipal councils	Kandy^* Anuradhapura^* Galle^* Jaffna^* Ratnapura^* Badulla^* Kurunegala^* Kaduwela Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Moratuwa Negombo Kalmunai Batticaloa Matara Gampaha Matale Akkaraipattu Bandarawela Nuwara Eliya Dambulla Hambantota

Urban councils	Trincomalee^* Ambalangoda Ampara Balangoda Beruwala Boralesgamuwa Chavakachcheri Chilaw Embilipitiya Eravur Gampola Haputale Hatton-Dickoya Hikkaduwa Horana Ja-Ela Kadugannawa Kalutara Kattankudy Katunayake Seeduwa Kegalle Kesbewa Kinniya Kolonnawa Kuliyapitiya Maharagama Mannar Minuwangoda Nawalapitiya Panadura Peliyagoda Point Pedro Puttalam Seethawakapura Talawakelle-Lindula Tangalle Valvettithurai Vavuniya Wattala Wattegama Weligama

Note: ^* also a Provincial capital, ^# also a Municipal council

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