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Arippu Destination Guide

Discover Arippu in Sri Lanka

Arippu in the region of North Central is a town located in Sri Lanka - some 139 mi or ( 223 km ) North-East of Colombo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Arippu is now 10:38 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Colombo " with a UTC offset of 5.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Valaitoddam, Upparu, Trincomalee, Toppur, and Thamaravillu. When in this area, you might want to check out Valaitoddam . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Arippu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The North Eastern Province was one of the provinces of Sri Lanka. The province was created in September 1988 by merging the Northern and Eastern provinces. This merger was declared illegal by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 2006. The province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January 2007. The capital of the province was Trincomalee.

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Located at 8.25 81.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Foreign intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Provinces of Sri Lanka

Ullackalie Lagoon

Ullackalie Lagoon is a lagoon in Trincomalee District, eastern Sri Lanka. The lagoon is fed by a number of small rivers including Verugal Aru and Uppu Aru. It is linked to the sea by a narrow channel to the south. The lagoon's water is brackish. The lagoon is surrounded by evergreen forest and scrubland. The land is used for subsistence fishing. The lagoon has extensive mangroves. The lagoon attracts a wide variety of water birds including ducks and other shorebirds.

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Located at 8.37 81.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Lagoons of Sri Lanka, Trincomalee District

Verugal Bridge

Verugal Bridge is a road bridge across Verugal Aru in eastern Sri Lanka. The bridge was formally opened on 19 October 2011. The bridge is 105 m long. The bridge cost 250 million rupees and was financed by a soft loan from the French Development Agency's Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project and the Sri Lankan Government's Kilakku Vasantham (Eastern Awakening) programme. The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway.

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Located at 8.25 81.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Bridges completed in 2011, Bridges in Sri Lanka, Buildings and structures in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Transport in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Trincomalee District

Vellai

Vellai is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province.

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Located at 8.25 81.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Populated places in Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Verugal Aru

The Verugal Aru (Verugal River), literally "flood or that which overflows"; is a river on the island Ceylon that separates the Trincomalee and Batticaloa Districts. The famous Verugal Kandaswamy Temple lies on its banks. It flows through Verugal town, just north of Kathiraveli. The river reaches the Indian ocean on the eastern coast of the island just south of Trincomalee. The river also feeds the Ullackalie Lagoon.

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Located at 8.27 81.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Batticaloa District, Rivers of Sri Lanka, Trincomalee District