Jaffna

Summary

Jaffna is a city^[1]. Jaffna ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (598 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jaffna is located in Jaffna District^[3].
• Jaffna is in the country of Sri Lanka^[4].
• Jaffna's image is recorded as Jaffna montage.jpg^[5].
• Jaffna's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Jaffna's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[7].
• Jaffna's official language is recorded as Tamil^[8].
• Jaffna's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 168085174^[9].
• Jaffna's GND ID is recorded as 4436804-5^[10].
• Jaffna's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81063327^[11].
• Jaffna's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 131774271^[12].
• Jaffna's IdRef ID is recorded as 035260424^[13].
• Jaffna's Commons category is recorded as Jaffna^[14].
• Jaffna's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[15].
• Jaffna's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-யாழ்ப்பாணம்.wav^[16].
• +1621-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jaffna^[17].
• Jaffna's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 9.6647222222222, 'lon': 80.016666666667}^[18].
• Jaffna's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0266536^[19].
• Jaffna's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge445117^[20].
• Jaffna's official website is recorded as https://jaffna.mc.gov.lk/^[21].
• Jaffna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jaffna^[22].
• Jaffna's page banner is recorded as Jaffna banner Kandasamy temple.jpg^[23].
• Jaffna's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX5682284^[24].
• Jaffna's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Asia/Sri_Lanka/Northern/Jaffna/^[25].
• Jaffna's population is recorded as {'amount': '+88138'}^[26].
• Jaffna's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0265598^[27].

Body

Geography

Jaffna is in the country of Sri Lanka^[4]. Jaffna is located in Jaffna District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Jaffna's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+20.2'}^[28]. Jaffna's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}^[29]. Jaffna's population is recorded as {'amount': '+88138'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and human settlement^[7].

History and Context

+1621-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jaffna^[17].

Why It Matters

Jaffna ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (598 views/month).^[2] Jaffna has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Jaffna is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]