Chankanai
சங்கானை චන්කානෛයි | |
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Coordinates: 9°45′0″N 79°58′0″E / 9.75000°N 79.96667°E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Northern |
District | Jaffna |
DS Division | Valikamam West |
Chankanai (Tamil: சங்கானை) is a town located 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Chankanai has a Peripheral Unit government hospital, called Chankanai Divisional Hospital, with 76 beds as of 2010.[1] It is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna and is also the only hospital in Northern Province that provides telemetry services for neurorehabilitation.[2]
There is a church from Dutch colonial rule that was built by the Portuguese and later improved by the Dutch.[3][4][5]