Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province

Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province is a government office in Maruthady, Jaffna, Northern Province. Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province is situated near the government office Office of the Provincial Director-Department of Animal Production & Health Northern Province, as well as near Gospel Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St. Mary’s Cathedral and Nallur Kandaswamy temple.

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 1 km southwest of Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province.

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 1¼ km north of Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province.

Jaffna railway station

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jaffna railway station is a railway station in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is one of the busiest in the country, linking the north with the capital Colombo. Jaffna railway station is situated 790 metres northwest of Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nallur and Ariyalai.

Nallur

Town

Photo: Gane Kumaraswamy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Kokkuvil

Village

Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 4 km north of Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province.

Chief Minister’s Secretariat-Nothern Province

Type: Government office
Categories: office and government building
Location: Maruthady, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.66258° or 9° 39′ 45″ north

Longitude

80.0276° or 80° 1′ 39″ east

Open location code

6MX2M27H+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 571630792

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Office of the Provincial Director-Department of Animal Production & Health Northern Province and Gospel Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: New Rest House and Sarras Guest House.

Northern Province: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Mannar and Kilinochchi.

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