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Jaffna review
Country Sri Lanka Province Northern Province District Jaffna Government • Type Municipal Council Area • Total 20.2 km 2 (7.8 sq mi) Elevation 5 m (16 ft) Population (2012) • Total 88,138 • Density 4,400/km 2 (11,000/sq mi) [1] Time zone Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone ( UTC+5:30 ) Website Jaffna Municipal Council Historically, Jaffna has been a contested city. It was made into a colonial port town during the Portuguese occupation of the Jaffna peninsula in 1619 who lost it to the Dutch , only to lose it to the British in 1796. And during the post-Independence civil war the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) occupied Jaffna in 1986. The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) briefly occupied the city in 1987. The LTTE again occupied the city from 1989 until 1995, when the Sri Lankan military regained control. The majority of the city’s population are Sri Lankan Tamils with a significant number of Sri Lankan Moors , Indian Tamils and other e