jaffna sri lanka

Jaffna or Yazhpanam (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் meaning யாழ் = Harp, பாணம்= Town and therefore Town of (the) Harper) is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Most of the residents of Jaffna are Sri Lankan Tamils with a presence of Sri Lankan Moors (Muslims) and Portuguese Burghers (Roman Catholics). Almost all Sri Lankan Muslims were driven off from Jaffna by the LTTE in the 1990s, as a result of the ethnic conflict which started in the 1970s[1] which leaves Jaffna exclusively Tamil, apart from the military personnel. It was the largest city in the country for several decades, until the recent civil conflict.