Jaffna
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Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2
Clockwise from top: Jaffna Public Library, the Jaffna-Pannai-Kayts highway, Nallur Kandaswamy temple, Jaffna Fort, Sangiliyan Statue, Jaffna Palace ruins
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
Mosque in Jaffna
Jaffna District
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Jaffna District is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary
Jaffna
…Sinhala: යාපනය, romanised: Yāpanaya, IPA: ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most populous city. Jaffna is approximately…
Jaffna Fort