🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Jaffna
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 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most populous city. Jaffna is approximately ten kilometres from Kandarodai which served as an emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical antiquity. Jaffna's suburb Nallur served as the capital of the four-century-long medieval Tamil Jaffna Kingdom.
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 169,102
- Time zone
- Asia/Colombo
- Coordinates
- 9.67, 80.01
How far Jaffna is from other cities in Sri Lanka
- Point Pedro30 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 30 min
- Trincomalee181 km✈ 58 min · 🚗 3 h 1 min
- Kandy273 km✈ 1 h 5 min · 🚗 4 h 33 min
- Negombo274 km✈ 1 h 5 min · 🚗 4 h 34 min
- Katunayaka278 km✈ 1 h 5 min · 🚗 4 h 38 min
- Batticaloa286 km✈ 1 h 6 min · 🚗 4 h 46 min
- Colombo304 km✈ 1 h 7 min · 🚗 5 h 4 min
- Pita Kotte309 km✈ 1 h 8 min · 🚗 5 h 9 min
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