City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Vavuniya
City population
60,176
#24
in Sri Lanka
#4
in Northern Province
#9,598
worldwide
8.751, 80.497 · 214 km from Colombo
About Vavuniya
Vavuniya is a city in Northern Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 60,176. It is the 24th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 9,598th largest worldwide. It lies 214 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 6
Elevation
104 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
8.751, 80.497
Record updated
2022-09-20
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.