Official Name: | Lunuwila |
Native Name: | Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලුණුවිල |
Settlement Type: | town |
Pushpin Map: | Sri Lanka |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Western Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Puttalam District |
Timezone: | Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Timezone Dst: | Summer time |
Utc Offset Dst: | +6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 61150 |
Area Code: | 043 |
Coordinates: | 7.3436°N 79.8617°W |
Lunuwila (Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලුණුවිල) is a town in the Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is approximately 5km (03miles) inland of the coastal town of Wennappuwa, 20km (10miles) north of Negombo and 30km (20miles) south of Chilaw.
The Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka, founded in 1929, is located on the Bandirippuwa Estate in Lunuwila.
The town is on the intersection of the B473 (Wennappuwa - Kirimetiyana Road) and the Sirigampala Para.
The Lunuwila train station is the ninth station on the Puttalam rail line.