Chavakachcheri
சாவகச்சேரி
චාවකච්චේරි
Town
Chavakachcheri is located in Northern Province
Chavakachcheri
Chavakachcheri
Coordinates: 9°39′0″N 80°09′0″E / 9.65000°N 80.15000°E / 9.65000; 80.15000
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictJaffna
DS DivisionThenmarachchi
Government
 • TypeUrban Council
 • ChairmanRapiyel Thevasagayampillai (TNA)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total41,407
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)

Chavakachcheri (Tamil: சாவகச்சேரி Cāvakaccēri, Sinhala: ජාවකච්චේරි Jāvakachchēri) is a town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It may have Javanese origins, as the name "Chaavaka+cheari" literally means Javanese settlement (there are also some references to a Javanese fort in northern Sri Lanka). The town may date back to the Southeast Asian occupation of Yalpanam, where certain settlements and forts were established by Chandrabhanu to maintain hegemony over the overseas colony. The town is governed by an Urban Council. Chavakachcheri was badly devastated in the Sri Lankan Civil War. Today, the government and the people of Chavakachcheri have rebuilt the town, but the population remains drastically lower than the pre-war years.

The 111-year-old Chavakachcheri Hindu College, a high school, is a leading centre of education in the town.[1]


References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

9°39′N 80°09′E / 9.650°N 80.150°E / 9.650; 80.150


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