Velankanni
Sign in to saveVelankanni (Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi) is a special grade town panchayat in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, 350 km south of Chennai (Madras), 12 km south of Nagapattinam, and 33 km southeast of Thiruvarur.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Velankanni
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Special Grade Town Panchayat
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vailankanni Basilica1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Entrance to the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nagapattinam
- Settlement.government_type
- Special Grade Town Panchayat
- Settlement.governing_body
- Velankanni Special Grade Town Panchayat
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.5
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 29
- Settlement.population_total
- 10144
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- 2004 Tsunami
- Geography
- Climate
- Fauna
- Tourist Attractions
- Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health
- Transportation
- Road
- Rail
- Education
- See also
- References
- External links
Velankanni (Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi) is a special grade town panchayat in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, 350 km south of Chennai (Madras), 12 km south of Nagapattinam, and 33 km southeast of Thiruvarur.
A canal built to link this town with Vedaranyam still lies to the west. The Vellayar, a minor branch of the Cauvery River, runs south of the town and discharges into the sea. The town was among the worst hit by the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Velankanni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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