A9 highway
The main road between Kandy and Jaffna runs straight through the town, forming the backbone of the street network and the dominant line of the composition.
Minimalist map poster · Sri Lanka
8.7514° N / 80.4971° E
A crossroads town in Sri Lanka's northern dry zone, its streets gathered around the A9 highway and old irrigation tanks.





One city, five moods
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The map
Vavuniya lies in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, on the flat dry-zone plain between the central highlands and Jaffna. It has long been a gateway town, the point where the A9 highway, the main road to the north, meets routes from the east and west, and the railway to Jaffna passes through it as well. On a map, the town grows outward from these arteries.
Like much of the dry zone, the landscape around Vavuniya is shaped by tanks, the ancient irrigation reservoirs of Sri Lanka. Several appear on the map as open water within and around the town, with paddy fields and scrubland spreading between them. The street pattern is loose and practical, with markets and public buildings concentrated along the main roads.
A Vavuniya map poster captures that crossroads character: the strong lines of the highway and railway, the water of the tanks and the quieter residential streets in between. It is a clear, honest portrait of a town that has long served as the meeting point between the north of the island and the rest of the country.
The main road between Kandy and Jaffna runs straight through the town, forming the backbone of the street network and the dominant line of the composition.
Reservoirs within and around the town appear as open shapes of water, a characteristic feature of the dry-zone landscape and a calm counterpoint to the streets.
The line to Jaffna passes through Vavuniya, adding a long, continuous stroke that crosses the town alongside the road network.
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Why Vavuniya
Vavuniya is a place of passage and return for many Sri Lankans, including families from the north now living in Colombo or abroad. A map of its streets is a way of marking home, a new beginning or the end of a long journey.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates with a family name or a date. Five styles are available, Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand, as print-ready 300 DPI files for $9 or as a printed matte poster shipped from a print partner.
Order the Vavuniya poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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