Mandativu
Mandativu or Mandaitheevu (Tamil: மண்டைதீவு) is small island off the coast of minority Sri Lankan Tamil dominated Jaffna Peninsula in north Sri lanka.
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Jaffna (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் Yalpanam, Sinhalese: යාපනය Yāpanaya) 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, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th largest city. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical antiquity. Jaffna's suburb, Nallur served as the capital of the four centuries-long medieval Jaffna kingdom. Prior to the Sri Lankan civil war, it was Sri Lanka's second most populated city after the commercial capital Colombo. The 1980s insurgent uprising led to extensive damage, expulsion of part of the population, and military occupation.
Population: 169,102
Latitude: 9° 40' 6.42" N
Longitude: 80° 00' 26.71" E
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Chunnakam (Tamil: சுன்னாகம், Sinhala: චුන්නාකම් CHUNNNAKAM) is a big town, located six miles north of the city of Jaffna. It is one of the important commercial centers in Jaffna.
Tellippalai
Tellippalai or Thellippalai (Tamil: தெல்லிப்பழை Tellippaḻai) is a small town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka.
St. Patrick's College, Jaffna
St. Patrick’s College (Tamil: சம்பத்திரிசியார் கல்லூரி Campattiriciyār Kallūri, SPC) is a private school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Navaly
Navaly or Navaaly is a town in the Jaffna District of Sri Lanka and it is located about 8 km from Jaffna.
Keerimalai
Keerimalai (Tamil: கீரிமலை kīrimalai) is a town in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. Naguleswaram temple is located in this suburb also a mineral water spring called Keerimalai Springs reputed for its curative properties.
Karainagar
Karainagar (Tamil: காரை நகர்) (pronounced Kaarai-Nagar) is located 20 km from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on the Karaitivu (Island).
Inuvil
Inuvil (Tamil: இணுவில்) is a village in Northern Sri Lanka. It is situated along the KKS main road, Jaffna district.
1989 Valvettiturai massacre
The 1989 Valvettiturai massacre occurred on August 2 and 3, 1989 in the small coastal town of Valvettiturai, on the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka. Approximately 64 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were killed by soldiers belonging to the Indian P…
Palali
Palali (Tamil: பலாலி) is a small town in the North Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. It has an important airport. Both military and small civilian aircraft land there.
Manipay
Manipay or Maanippaai (Tamil: மானிப்பாய்) is an affluent town in the northern Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. The original name of Manipay is Periya pulam. It was a mission location when the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) came to Sri Lanka in the 19th …
Kopay
Kopay (Tamil: கோப்பாய் Kōppāy)is a town located approximately 4 km from the city of Jaffna along Point Pedro road.
Karaitivu (island)
Karaitivu or Kaaraitheevu (Tamil: காரைதீவு), is an island linked to Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka by a Causeway.
Batticotta Seminary
The Batticotta Seminary was an educational institute founded by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM)'s American Ceylon Mission at Vaddukodai, in the Jaffna Peninsula north Sri Lanka in 1823. It was closed in 1855. The rea…
Velanai
Velanai(Tamil: வேலணை),is a small village in Velanai Island which is in off the coast of Jaffna Peninsula in the North of Sri Lanka.
Vaddukoddai
Vaddukoddai (also spelt Vattukkottai, Vatukotai, Vattukotai) (Tamil: வட்டுக்கோட்டை) is small but important town in the minority Sri Lankan Tamil dominated Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka. It became prominent with the founding of Asia’s first modern un…
Urumpirai
Urumpirai [1] (Tamil: உரும்பிராய் Urumpirāy) is a town in Northern Jaffna District, Sri Lanka.
Kondavil
Kondavil (Tamil: கோண்டாவில்) is a suburb north of the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna, in the Jaffna Peninsula where there are lots of temples available for prayer, such as உப்புமட பிள்ளையார் கோவில், காளிகோவில் and so forth.