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Vavuniya — North of Anuradhapura

Street scene in Vavuniya town, northern Sri LankaLOCAL MARKET IN VAVUNIYAPhoto by Vaijayanth on Wikimedia Commons
North of AnuradhapuraPhoto — Vaijayanth

The practical overnight break on the land route north — trains and buses to Jaffna all pass through here.

A market town where the A9 road crosses into the Northern Province, long the transit stop between Anuradhapura and Jaffna. The archaeological museum and the Kandaswamy kovil are the main stops in town.

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8.7500° N, 80.4833° ECarto · OSM