Pannai Park
Pannai Park is a park in Fort, Jaffna, Northern Province. Pannai Park is situated nearby to the government office Department Of Fisheries, as well as near the police station Special Task Force.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jaffna Fort and Jaffna Public Library.
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 290 metres east of Pannai Park.
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 670 metres east of Pannai Park.
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 1 km northeast of Pannai Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nallur and Kokkuvil.
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 3 km northeast of Pannai Park.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 4½ km north of Pannai Park.
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 4½ km east of Pannai Park.
Pannai Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Fort, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.6621° or 9° 39′ 44″ northLongitude
80.00568° or 80° 0′ 21″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M264+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 569222103OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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