City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Vakarai
City population
21,000
#56
in Sri Lanka
#7
in Eastern Province
#24,366
worldwide
8.133, 81.433 · 220 km from Colombo
About Vakarai
Vakarai is a city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 21,000. It is the 56th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 24,366th largest worldwide. It lies 220 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#7of 7
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
8.133, 81.433
Record updated
2018-12-16
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 60 in Sri LankaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.