St James Maha Vidyalayam
St James Maha Vidyalayam is a school in Reclamation West, Jaffna, Northern Province. St James Maha Vidyalayam is situated nearby to St.Sebastian Church, as well as near the government office Grama Niladhari office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Mary’s Cathedral and Jaffna Public Library.
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 750 metres northeast of St James Maha Vidyalayam.
Jaffna Public Library
Library
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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 1 km northwest of St James Maha Vidyalayam.
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 1¼ km northwest of St James Maha Vidyalayam.
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. Nallur is situated 2½ km northeast of St James Maha Vidyalayam.
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 St James Maha Vidyalayam.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 5 km north of St James Maha Vidyalayam.
St James Maha Vidyalayam
- Type: School
- Category: education
- Location: Reclamation West, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.65348° or 9° 39′ 13″ northLongitude
80.01677° or 80° 1′ 0″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M238+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 543649776OpenStreetMap feature
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