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Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 km off the southern coast of India. After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th century, before control of the entire country passed to Britain in 1815.
Vavuniya District's population was 171,511 in 2012. [2] The population of the district is mostly Sri Lankan Tamil. The population of the district, like the rest of the north and east of Sri Lanka, has been heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. [10]
Vavuniya (Tamil: வவுனியா, Romanized: Vavuniya, Sinhala: වවුනියාව, Romanized: Vavuniyāva) is a city in Vavuniya District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The municipality is administered by an Municipal Council .
The Vanni, also spelled Wanni, is the name given to the mainland area of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It covers the entirety of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya Districts, and most of Kilinochchi District. It has an area of approximately 7,650 square kilometres (2,950 sq mi).
Pandarikulam (Vavuniya-03 or officially designated as 214E) emerges as a distinctive suburban enclave within the expanding precincts of Vavuniya, situated in the northern region of Sri Lanka. It is characterised by a unique allure that distinguishes it from the surrounding villages assimilated during the town's progressive expansion.
W. M. Mendis and Company, is a Sri Lankan beverage alcohol company, with its headquarters in Negombo, Sri Lanka. It is as known one of Sri Lanka's oldest and most renowned liquor manufacturers in Sri Lanka. [2] Considered as one of the pioneers in the field, it still ranks as one of Sri Lanka's largest distillers. [citation needed]
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The major road A9 and a railway line connecting North and South of Sri Lanka goes through Maankulam. Maankulam is also located few hours drive south of Kilinochchi and few hours drive north of Vavuniya. Highway A34 connects Maankulam to eastern coastal City of Mullaitivu. Mankulam railway station re-opened in 2013.