UNHCR
UNHCR is a public building in Nallur South, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Northern Province. UNHCR is situated nearby to the town Nallur, as well as near the outdoor gym Power Gym.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nallur Kandaswamy temple and St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Nallur Kandaswamy temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Thivagaranp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil is a Hindu temple, located in Nallur, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The presiding deity is Murugan in the form of the divine spear vel in the sanctum, the primary shrine, and in other forms, namely, Shanmugar, Muthukumaraswami, Valli Kanthar with consorts Valli and Deivayanai, and Dandayuddhapani, sans consorts in secondary shrines in the temple. Nallur Kandaswamy temple is situated 280 metres northeast of UNHCR.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ghostface Buddha, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna located in Gurunagar, a suburb of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The cathedral is also known locally as Periye Kovil. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 2 km south of UNHCR.
Jaffna Teaching Hospital
Hospital
Jaffna Teaching Hospital is a government hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in the Northern Province and the only hospital in the province controlled by the central government in Colombo. Jaffna Teaching Hospital is situated 2 km west of UNHCR.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nallur and Jaffna.
Nallur
Town
Nallur is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus.
Jaffna
Photo: Gane Kumaraswamy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jaffna District is the northernmost region of Sri Lanka, and one of the oldest inhabited places on the island. It is populated mainly by Tamil speaking people.
Ariyalai
Town
Photo: உமாபதி, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ariyalai is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census. Ariyalai is situated 2½ km southeast of UNHCR.
UNHCR
- Type: Public building
- Categories: building and government building
- Location: Nallur South, Nallur Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.67225° or 9° 40′ 20″ northLongitude
80.02866° or 80° 1′ 43″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M2CH+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2380386274OpenStreetMap feature
building=public
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