Navanthurai

Suburb in Northern, Sri Lanka

Navanthurai நாவாந்துறை නවන්තුර
Suburb
9°40′40″N 79°59′56″E / 9.67778°N 79.99889°E / 9.67778; 79.99889
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern
District	Jaffna
DS Division	Jaffna

Navanthurai (Tamil: நாவாந்துறை, romanized: Nāvāntuṟai, Sinhala: නවන්තුර, romanized: Navantura) is a coastal suburb of the city Jaffna city in northern Sri Lanka. In 2007 the population of Navanthurai North was 1,922 and that of Navanthurai South was 1,907.^[1]

References

^ "Basic Population Information on Jaffna District" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

Jaffna

History

Jaffna kingdom
Tamil conference incident
Burning of Jaffna Public Library
Jaffna University Helidrop
Jaffna hospital massacre
Battle of Jaffna

Geography

Suburbs	Ariyalai Chundikuli Colombuthurai Gurunagar Kokkuvil Kondavil Navanthurai Passaiyoor Thirunelvely Vannarpannai

Governance

Economy

Cargills Square

Hotels	Gnanams Jetwing Subhas Tilko

Culture

Religion	Ariyalai Siddhivinayakar Temple Nallur Kandaswamy temple Saddanathar Kovil Sri Muthu Vinayagar Kovil St. James' Church, Nallur St. Mary's Cathedral, Jaffna Vannarpannai Vaitheeswaran Temple

Landmarks

Infrastructure

Jaffna Teaching Hospital

Transport	A9 highway Railway station Yarl Devi

Education

University of Jaffna

Schools	Central College Chundikuli Girls' College Hindu College Hindu Ladies' College Holy Family Convent Osmania College Parameshwara College St. John's College St. Patrick's College Vaitheeswara Vidyalayam Vannarpannai Navalar Maha Vidyalayam Vembadi Girls High School