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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 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. [ 11 ] Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to India or to the West during the war. [ 12 ]
Northern Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Jaffna District, Kilinochchi District, Mannar District, Mullaitivu District, and Vavuniya District. The following is a list of settlements in the province.
The district covers the administrative districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya in the Northern province. The district currently elects 6 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 253,058 registered electors in 2014. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 11. [3]
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).
Nedunkerny [2] (Tamil: நெடுங்கேணி, romanized: Neṭuṅkēṇi) (also spelt Nedunkeni, Nedunkerni) is a town in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka. The roads going through Nedunkerny [3] [4] link Puliyankulam with Oddusuddan, and Puliyankulam with Mullaitivu.
List of cities in Sri Lanka. ... City Image DS Division District Province Population Area [1] Density ... Vavuniya: Vavuniya: Northern: 99,653: 34,816