What is Jaffna?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Jaffna | native_name = {{lang|ta|யாழ்ப்பாணம்}}<br>{{lang|si|යාපනය}} | settlement_type = City | motto = | image_skyline = Jaffna montage.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Clockwise from top: Jaffna Public Library, [[Nallur Kandaswamy temple]], [[Jaffna Fort]], the Jaffna-Pannai-Kayts highway | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Sri Lanka]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Jaffna District|Jaffna]] | government_footnotes = | government_type = [[Jaffna Municipal Council|Municipal Council]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = [[Yogeswari Patkunarajah]] | leader_party = [[United People's Freedom Alliance|UPFA]] ([[Eelam People's Democratic Party|EPDP]]) | unit_pref = [[Metric system|Metric]] | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 20.2 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = | population_note =<ref name=gazetteer/> | population_total = 88,138 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | timezone = [[Sri Lanka Time|Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone]] | utc_offset = +5:30 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = |coordinates={{coord|9|40|0|N|80|0|0|E|region:LK|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 5 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = [http://www.jaffnamc.lk/ Jaffna Municipal Council] | footnotes = }} '''Jaffna''' ({{lang-ta|யாழ்ப்பாணம்}}, ''{{transl|ta|Yalpanam}}'', {{lang-si|යාපනය}} ''{{transl|si|Yāpanaya}}'') is the [[capital city]] of the [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Province]] of [[Sri Lanka]]. The population of Jaffna is 88,138. Jaffna is Sri Lanka'