Government
Government is in Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Government is situated nearby to the government office Sri Lanka Customs, as well as near Jaffna Main Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tilko Jaffna City Hotel and Jaffna Public Library.
Tilko Jaffna City Hotel
Hotel
Tilko Jaffna City Hotel is a hotel in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The four-storey 42 room hotel is located in the heart of the city on K.K.S.
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 350 metres southeast of Government.
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 350 metres southwest of Government.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jaffna and Nallur.
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.
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.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 4 km north of Government.
Government
- Type: Commerce
- Location: Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.66492° or 9° 39′ 54″ northLongitude
80.01015° or 80° 0′ 37″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M276+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 543642405OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercial
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