Jaffna
Jaffna (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம், <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Yalpanam, Sinhala: යාපනය <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Yāpanaya) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The population of Jaffna is 88,138. Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th largest city.[1]The biggest of all in Jaffna is the Jaffna Fort and Nallur Kandasamy temple. The statue made out of gold was the man who was the person who put Sinhala people and Tamil people together.
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யாழ்ப்பாணம் යාපනය | |
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City | |
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| Coordinates: 9°40′0″N 80°0′0″E / 9.66667°N 80.00000°ECoordinates: 9°40′0″N 80°0′0″E / 9.66667°N 80.00000°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| District | Jaffna |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Mayor | Yogeswari Patkunarajah (UPFA (EPDP)) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.2 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 88,138 |
| • Density | 4,363/km2 (11,301/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) |
| Website | Jaffna Municipal Council |
Jaffna Media
Entrance of Jaffna Fort, which the Portuguese built, and which the Dutch renovated in 1680.
Bird's eye view of the city of Jaffnapatnam in 1658
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sri Lanka: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer.[dead link]
Other websites
Media related to Jaffna at Wikimedia Commons- Jaffna District – Jaffna Traveler Information
- Yarl Mann – Jaffna Culture, Tradition & Heritage Archived 2020-10-25 at the Wayback Machine