Jaffnapatam, a seaport in the extreme north of Ceylon, on an island of the same name, has been peopled by Tamils for more than 2000 years. Pop. (1891) 43,902. A large sprinkling of the European population are of Dutch descent.
Jaffnapatam
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 266
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