Vavuniya District

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administrative district district of Sri Lanka

Vavuniya District is an administrative district in northern Sri Lanka known as a key transport hub and gateway between the island’s north and the rest of the country.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vavuniya District canonical 5
Vavuniya 1
Vavuniya District Secretariat 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
district of Sri Lanka ⓘ
administrativeCentre Vavuniya town ⓘ
surface form: Vavuniya
borderedBy Anuradhapura District ⓘ
Mannar District ⓘ
Mullaitivu District ⓘ
Trincomalee District ⓘ
capital Vavuniya town ⓘ
surface form: Vavuniya
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
governingBody Vavuniya District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vavuniya District Secretariat
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasFeature dry zone ⓘ
hasISOCode LK-43 ⓘ
hasMajorEthnicGroup Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Moor

Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
hasOfficialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 43000 ⓘ
hasRailConnection Northern Line (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
hasReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
hasRoadConnection A9 highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSettlement Nedunkeni ⓘ
Vavuniveli ⓘ
Vavuniya town ⓘ
surface form: Vavuniya
hasTelephoneAreaCode 024 ⓘ
hasTransportRole gateway to Jaffna Peninsula ⓘ
key road-rail junction in northern Sri Lanka ⓘ
isTransportHubBetween Northern Development Region of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sri Lanka

rest of Sri Lanka ⓘ
largestTown Vavuniya town ⓘ
surface form: Vavuniya
locatedIn Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Sri Lanka ⓘ
subdivisionOf Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ
wasAffectedBy Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Province, Sri Lanka → containsDistrict → Vavuniya District ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → significantCity → Vavuniya District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vavuniya
Kilinochchi District → borderedBy → Vavuniya District ⓘ
Vavuniya District (Tamil-speaking areas) → partOf → Vavuniya District ⓘ
Eelam War II → hasLocation → Vavuniya District ⓘ
Vavuniya District → governingBody → Vavuniya District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vavuniya District Secretariat
Mullaitivu District → borders → Vavuniya District ⓘ