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ABOUT JAFFNA
Jaffna is located in the nothern part of the Sri lanka.This is the Home city of Sri Lankan Tamil.Most of the Jaffna Tamils are well educated .They have their traditional culture,Decency.This is an ancient port city.I am also from Jaffna.My village call "Ilavalai"which is located 5 km north of Jaffna Town.This city is fillup with traditional Hindu kovils, catholicChurches.The local citizens are Hindu ,Catholics & Muslims and Christians. The Jaffna Peninsula and the rest of Sri Lanka's vast Northern Province comprise the country's driest region.Jaffna, the center of Sri Lanka's Tamil culture, was the capital of an independent medieval kingdom and later a key colonial outpost for the Portuguese and Dutch.About a million people today make their homes on the Jaffna Peninsula. Some 999 square miles (2,587 square kilometers) in size, the peninsula is saved from being an island only by a halfmile-wide strip of sand at its far southeastern end.Its flat, dry land is interspersed with shallow lagoons,and a number of interesting offshore islands extend the geographical pattern. The yal is today the symbol of Jaffna,which sometimes is also called "Yalpanam," "city of the lyre."Just as with the eastern coast, so has much of northern Sri Lankafallen to disruption and destruction due to fighting betweenthe Sri Lankan armed forces and the Tamil Militants(Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam) led By Mr.V. Prabaharan.Jaffna, the strong hold of the militant groups has taken a heavy toll. Access to the north is heavily restricted .But,when better times comes, Jaffna and the north will offer the discerning traveler a glimpse into a land of stark beauty, that is rich in culture and history.
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