Jaffna

E13052
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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Jaffna canonical 30
Jaffna Peninsula 9
Jaffna District 7

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
adjacentTo Palk Strait ⓘ
capitalOf Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna District
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
demographicGroup Sinhalese minority ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
ethnicMajority Tamil people ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
governingBody Jaffna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna District

Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedOn Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna Peninsula

northern coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ
nearbyCountry India ⓘ
officialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
partOf Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: 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 Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Jaffna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna Kingdom
wasHeavilyAffectedBy Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → majorPort → Jaffna ⓘ
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → hadFort → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Fort
Portuguese Ceylon → fortifications → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Fort
Jaffna → historicalRegion → Jaffna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Kingdom
Jaffna → wasCapitalOf → Jaffna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Kingdom
Jaffna → governingBody → Jaffna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Municipal Council
Tamil people → majorCity → Jaffna ⓘ
Jaffna Tamil → spokenIn → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna Tamil → spokenIn → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna city
Jaffna Tamil → primaryCenter → Jaffna ⓘ
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil → near → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna city centre
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil → region → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna Public Library → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
Jaffna Public Library → ownedBy → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Municipal Council
Jaffna Public Library → operator → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Municipal Council
Jaffna Public Library → hasMunicipality → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Municipal Council
Jaffna Public Library → nearbyFeature → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna city centre
Jaffna Lagoon → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna Lagoon → borderedBy → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna Lagoon → nearbyCity → Jaffna ⓘ
Nainativu Island (nearby pilgrimage site) → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
subject surface form: Nainativu Island
this entity surface form: Jaffna District
Nainativu Island (nearby pilgrimage site) → locatedNear → Jaffna ⓘ
subject surface form: Nainativu Island
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Nainativu Island (nearby pilgrimage site) → nearestMajorCity → Jaffna ⓘ
subject surface form: Nainativu Island
Nainativu Island (nearby pilgrimage site) → locatedInBayOrLagoon → Jaffna ⓘ
subject surface form: Nainativu Island
this entity surface form: Jaffna Lagoon region
Jaffna International Airport → cityServed → Jaffna ⓘ
Jaffna Fort → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
Jaffna Fort → locatedOn → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna Fort → viewOverlooks → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna city
University of Jaffna → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → capital → Jaffna ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → largestCity → Jaffna ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → headOfGovernmentResidence → Jaffna ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → containsDistrict → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna District
Gulf of Mannar → majorSriLankanTownNearby → Jaffna ⓘ
Kilinochchi District → borderedBy → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna District
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) → historicalConnection → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Sri Lankan Australian → regionOfOrigin → Jaffna ⓘ
Indian Peace Keeping Force → headquartersLocation → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palaly, Jaffna Peninsula
Indian Peace Keeping Force → areaOfResponsibility → Jaffna ⓘ
Black July → location → Jaffna ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils → majorCity → Jaffna ⓘ
Eelam War III → location → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Nallur Temple chariot festival → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna District
Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple → nearCity → Jaffna ⓘ
Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple → region → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula
Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna District
Jaffna Islands → locatedIn → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna District
Jaffna Islands → partOf → Jaffna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Peninsula region