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Things to do in Jaffna, Northern Province: The Best Monuments & Statues

Jaffna (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம், translit. Yāḻppāṇam, Sinhalese: යාපනය, translit. 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 (9.7 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 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. Since the end of civil war in 2009, refugees and internally displaced people have started to return to their homes and government and private sector reconstruction has begun.

Top 10 Monuments & Statues in Northern Province, Northern Province

Discover the best top things to do in Northern Province, Sri Lanka including Sangiliyan Statue, Kilinochchi War Memorial, Maruthanamadam Anjaneyar Temple, Statue of Bharathi, Fr. Thaninayagam Statue, MGR Statue, Cankilian Thoppu, Swami Vipulananda, Pandaravanniyan Statue, Navaliyoor Somasundara Pulavar.