Jaffna

Jaffna (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம், Yalpanam, Sinhala: යාපනය 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.

Jaffna யாழ்ப்பாணம் යාපනය
City
Clockwise from top: Jaffna Public Library, Nallur Kandaswamy temple, Jaffna Fort, the Jaffna-Pannai-Kayts highway
Jaffna
Coordinates: 9°40′0″N 80°0′0″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	4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
	[1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
Website	Jaffna Municipal Council

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• Burning of Jaffna library