Jaffna

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city human settlement

Jaffna is a historic city in northern Sri Lanka, known as a cultural and political center of Sri Lankan Tamils and for its strategic coastal location.

Aliases (8)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → human settlement →
adjacentTo	Palk Strait →
capitalOf	Jaffna District →
climate	tropical savanna climate →
continent	Asia →
country	Sri Lanka →
demographicGroup	Sinhalese minority → Sri Lankan Moors → Sri Lankan Tamils →
ethnicMajority	Sri Lankan Tamils →
governingBody	Jaffna Municipal Council →
governmentType	municipal council →
hasAirport	Jaffna International Airport →
hasLandmark	Jaffna Fort → Jaffna Lagoon → Jaffna Public Library → Nainativu Island (nearby pilgrimage site) → Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil →
hasUniversity	University of Jaffna →
historicalEra	medieval period →
historicalRegion	Jaffna Kingdom →
knownFor	Hindu temples → Jaffna cuisine → Portuguese, Dutch and British colonial heritage → Tamil culture → Tamil literature → education and schools → palmyrah-based products → post-war reconstruction →
languageMajority	Tamil →
locatedIn	Jaffna District → Northern Province, Sri Lanka →
locatedOn	Jaffna Peninsula → northern coast of Sri Lanka →
nearbyCountry	India →
officialLanguage	Sinhala → Tamil →
partOf	Sri Lankan Tamil homeland →
postConflictStatus	undergoing reconstruction and development →
primaryEconomicActivities	agriculture → fishing → trade →
provincialCapitalOf	Northern Province, Sri Lanka →
religionMajority	Hinduism →
significantReligion	Christianity →
timeZone	Sri Lanka Standard Time →
transportHubFor	Jaffna Peninsula →
utcOffset	+5:30 →
wasCapitalOf	Jaffna Kingdom →
wasHeavilyAffectedBy	Sri Lankan Civil War →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jaffna Fort → Jaffna Lagoon ("Jaffna Peninsula") → Jaffna Public Library → Nainativu Island ("Jaffna District") → Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil → University of Jaffna →	locatedIn
Jaffna Tamil ("Jaffna Peninsula") → Jaffna Tamil ("Jaffna city") →	spokenIn
Jaffna Lagoon ("Jaffna Peninsula") →	borderedBy
Northern Province, Sri Lanka →	capital
Jaffna International Airport →	cityServed
Northern Province, Sri Lanka ("Jaffna District") →	containsDistrict
Portuguese Ceylon ("Jaffna Fort") →	fortifications
Jaffna ("Jaffna Municipal Council") →	governingBody
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ("Jaffna Fort") →	hadFort
Jaffna Public Library ("Jaffna Municipal Council") →	hasMunicipality
Northern Province, Sri Lanka →	headOfGovernmentResidence
Jaffna ("Jaffna Kingdom") →	historicalRegion
Northern Province, Sri Lanka →	largestCity
Nainativu Island ("Jaffna Lagoon region") →	locatedInBayOrLagoon
Nainativu Island ("Jaffna Peninsula") →	locatedNear
Jaffna Fort ("Jaffna Peninsula") →	locatedOn
Tamil people →	majorCity
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) →	majorPort
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil ("Jaffna city centre") →	near
Jaffna Lagoon →	nearbyCity
Jaffna Public Library ("Jaffna city centre") →	nearbyFeature
Nainativu Island →	nearestMajorCity
Jaffna Public Library ("Jaffna Municipal Council") →	operator
Jaffna Public Library ("Jaffna Municipal Council") →	ownedBy
Jaffna Tamil →	primaryCenter
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil ("Jaffna Peninsula") →	region
Jaffna Fort ("Jaffna city") →	viewOverlooks
Jaffna ("Jaffna Kingdom") →	wasCapitalOf