Jaffna Central College
Jaffna Central College is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Founded in 1816 by British Methodist missionaries, it is one of Sri Lanka's oldest schools.Photo: Shankar2001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jaffna Public Library and Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
Jaffna Public Library
Library
Photo: Anton 17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jaffna Public Library is located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is one of Jaffna's landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. Jaffna Public Library is situated 290 metres west of Jaffna Central College.
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 550 metres north of Jaffna Central College.
Jaffna Fort
Ruins
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jaffna Fort is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near the coastal village of Gurunagar. Jaffna Fort is situated 670 metres west of Jaffna Central College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nallur and Ariyalai.
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.
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 3½ km east of Jaffna Central College.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 4 km north of Jaffna Central College.
Jaffna Central College
- Type: School
- Description: school in Sri Lanka
- Category: education
- Location: Fort, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.66184° or 9° 39′ 43″ northLongitude
80.01444° or 80° 0′ 52″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M267+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 405412514OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q6121951
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tamil—“Jaffna Central College” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Jaffna Central College”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كليه جافنا المركزيه”
- Hebrew: “המכללה המרכזית ג’פנה”
- Japanese: “ジャフナ・セントラル・カレッジ”
- Sinhala: “යාපනය මධ්ය මහා විද්යාලය”
- Tamil: “யாழ் மத்திய கல்லூரி”
- Tamil: “யாழ்ப்பாணம் மத்திய கல்லூரி”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Central College play ground and Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.
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