Holy Family Convent, Jaffna
Holy Family Convent is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The school was established in 1845 and consists of both a Tamil and an English convent.- Type: School
- Description: national school in Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Holy Family Convent” and “J - Holy Family Convent”
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 500 metres southeast of Holy Family Convent, Jaffna.
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 1 km west of Holy Family Convent, Jaffna.
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 northwest of Holy Family Convent, Jaffna.
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 3 km east of Holy Family Convent, Jaffna.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 4½ km north of Holy Family Convent, Jaffna.
Holy Family Convent, Jaffna
- Category: education
- Location: Jaffna Town East, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.66003° or 9° 39′ 36″ northLongitude
80.01976° or 80° 1′ 11″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M269+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 572977284OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q15224670
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In Other Languages
“Holy Family Convent, Jaffna” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير العائلة المقدسه”
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