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58: 734: 317:. Much of eastern Mullaitivu District including Ananthapuram were declared as High Security Zone and were out of bounds to the public. This meant that when the census took place in March 2012 there were only three residents in Ananthapuram GN Division. Resettlement in the GN Division began in September 2012 and by February 2013 the population was 735. However, many of Ananthapuram's residents weren't resettled in their own homes but in newly cleared areas of jungles. 1251: 1229: 65: 301:
found that as many as 40,000 civilians may have been killed in the final months of the civil war, mostly as a result of indiscriminate shelling by the Sri Lankan military. There are widespread allegations that both sides committed atrocities and human rights violations including
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After the end of the war in May 2009 the residents of the village, along with most of Mullaitivu District, were held by the Sri Lankan military
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including Ananthapuram witnessed particularly brutal fighting between the
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Aanandapuram
Ananthapuram is located in Northern Province
9°19′33″N 80°43′50″E / 9.32583°N 80.73056°E / 9.32583; 80.73056
Sri Lanka
Province
Northern
District
Mullaitivu
DS Division
Puthukkudiyiruppu
Divisional Council
Puthukudiyiruppu
Village Officer
Time zone
UTC+5:30
Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone
Post Codes
Vehicle registration
Tamil
Sri Lanka
Puthukkudiyiruppu
A35 Paranthan-Mullaitivu highway
Mullaitivu District
Sri Lankan military
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Sri Lankan Civil War
Battle of Aanandapuram
United Nations report
war crimes
internment camps

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