26 September 2025 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General
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Mannar (
Tamil: Maṉṉār;
Sinhala: Mannārama, formerly spelled Manar) is the main town of
Mannar District,
Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by an
Urban Council. The town is located on
Mannar Island overlooking the
Gulf of Mannar and is home to the historic
Ketheeswaram temple. In the
Tamil language, Mannar means the
raised place [of sand] which is thought to have come from the geology of Mannar Island which was formed by the accumulation of sand.
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24 September 2025 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General
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Jaffna is the capital city of the
Northern Province of
Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the
Jaffna District located on a
peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka’s 12th
most populous city. Jaffna is approximately ten kilometres (six miles) from
Kandarodai which served as an
emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from
classical antiquity. Jaffna’s suburb
Nallur served as the capital of the four-century-long medieval Tamil
Jaffna Kingdom.
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