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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 con...