Jaffna at a glance
- Jaffna is among the ten largest cities in Sri Lanka; about 170,000 people live here.
- No town in the Northern Province is bigger.
- It's about 304 km to Colombo, the country's largest city.
- Towns nearby: Valvedditturai (24 km), Point Pedro (30 km) and Kilinochchi (52 km).