Chavakachcheri

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Chavakachcheri சாவகச்சேரி චාවකච්චේරි
Town
Chavakachcheri
Coordinates: 9°39′0″N 80°09′0″E / 9.65000°N 80.15000°E / 9.65000; 80.15000
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern
District	Jaffna
DS Division	Thenmarachchi
Government
• Type	Urban Council
• Chairman	Rapiyel Thevasagayampillai (TNA)
Population  (2011)
• Total	41,407
Time zone	UTC+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]