# Chinabay GN division, Town & Gravets DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/chinabay/ Grama Niladhari division · Town & Gravets DS Division # Chinabay Chinabay is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Town & Gravets DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. It covers **1.79 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1.8km² - 1mapped services ## Where is Chinabay? Chinabay lies in [Town & Gravets DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/), [Trincomalee District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/), [Eastern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 4 other GN divisions: [Kawattikuda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/kawattikuda/), [Nachchikuda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/nachchikuda/), [Poompuhar](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/poompuhar/) and [Singhapura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/singhapura/). By area it is the 7483rd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.4% of [Town & Gravets DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/). The centre of Chinabay is about 234 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. It is about 4.6 km from Trincomalee, the main town of Town & Gravets DS Division. The centre point is at 8.5626° N, 81.1901° E. Local names: චීනවරාය . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Landscape and landmarks of Chinabay Named natural and historic features inside Chinabay, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Coast and islands 1 headland. - Round Point Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Chinabay and the best time to visit Using the climate of Trincomalee District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 1,565 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (327 mm) and the driest Jun (28 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **February to March**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 26 127 Feb 26 93 Mar 28 71 Apr 29 109 May 29 105 Jun 29 28 Jul 29 36 Aug 29 57 Sep 29 80 Oct 28 227 Nov 27 327 Dec 26 304 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Chinabay Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Hymavathie Hospital · Anpuvalipuram 3.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58718&mlon=81.20746#map=17/8.58718/81.20746) Bank People's Bank Regional Office · Abayapura 3.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58772&mlon=81.21472#map=17/8.58772/81.21472) ATM People's Bank · Abayapura 3.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58741&mlon=81.21478#map=17/8.58741/81.21478) Petrol pump Lanka Fuel Station · Chinabay 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.55322&mlon=81.19233#map=17/8.55322/81.19233) Hotel Hotel Oshin · Andankulam 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58843&mlon=81.19464#map=17/8.58843/81.19464) Mall Cargills Food City · Sivapuri 4.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.57754&mlon=81.22803#map=17/8.57754/81.22803) School St Loudres RCV · Poompuhar 2.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.57997&mlon=81.20403#map=17/8.57997/81.20403) College Technical College · Mihindupura 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.59287&mlon=81.20125#map=17/8.59287/81.20125) Police station Trinco Police · Sivapuri 4.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.57982&mlon=81.22411#map=17/8.57982/81.22411) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Chinabay Places mapped inside Chinabay in open map data, by type. - Petrol pumps1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other GN divisions in Town & Gravets DS Division - Abayapura - Andankulam - Anpuvalipuram - Arasadi - Arunagirinagar - Eluppaikulam - Jinnanagar - Kanniya - Kappalthurai - Kawattikuda - Kovilady - Linganagar - Manayaveli - Mankaiyoottu - Mihindupura - Mudcove - Murugapuri - Muththunagar - Nachchikuda - Orr's Hill - Palaiyoottu - Pattanatheru - Peeliyady - Peruntheru - Poompuhar - Puliyankulam - Salli - Sampalthivu - Selvanayahapuram - Singhapura - Sivapuri - Sonagavadi - Sumedhankarapura - Thillainagar - Thirukkadaloor - Uppuveli - Varodayanagar - Villundy - Wellaimanal - Welveri - Wilgama ## Quick answers - Where is Chinabay?In Town & Gravets DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Chinabay?Kawattikuda, Nachchikuda, Poompuhar and Singhapura - What is the best time to visit Chinabay?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Chinabay?Hymavathie Hospital, about 3.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Chinabay?People's Bank Regional Office, about 3.9 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Chinabay?People's Bank, about 3.9 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Chinabay?Lanka Fuel Station, about 1.1 km from the centre - How many petrol pumps are in Chinabay?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Chinabay?LK5315175 (OCHA common operational dataset)