Sri Lankan IDP numbers, April 2009

Last updated October 04, 2019

Numbers of Sri Lankan internally displaced persons displaced from the Vanni region since October 2008 and detained by the Sri Lankan Military at various camps in northern and eastern Sri Lanka during April 2009:

The Vanni, also spelled Wanni, is the name given to the mainland area of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It covers the entirety of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya Districts, and most of Kilinochchi District, and has an area of approximately 7,650 square kilometres (2,950 sq mi). The population and infrastructure of the Vanni were devastated by the Sri Lankan Civil War.

The Northern Province is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was temporarily merged with the Eastern Province to form the North Eastern Province. The capital of the province is Jaffna. The majority of the Sri Lankan Civil War was played out in this province.

The Eastern Province is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was temporarily merged with the Northern Province to form the North Eastern Province. The capital of the province is Trincomalee.

Camp	Div Sec Division	Admin District	8 Apr ^[1]	20 Apr ^[2]	21 Apr ^[3]	22 Apr ^[4]	23 Apr ^[5]	26 Apr ^[6]	28 Apr ^[7]	29 Apr ^[8]
Menik Farm Zone 0 (Kathirkamar Village)	Vengalachedikulam	VAV	6,698	8,278	8,278	8,278	8,572	9,292	23,424	23,424
Menik Farm Zone 1 (Ananda Kumarasamy Village)	Vengalachedikulam	VAV					9,700	8,800	10,500	11,416
Menik Farm Zone 2 (Pon Ramanathan Village)	Vengalachedikulam	VAV						38,000	34,000	34,000
Menik Farm Zone 3 (Arunachchalam Village)	Vengalachedikulam	VAV	14,955	21,125	26,222	26,222	31,308	36,946	37,721	37,768
Andiyapuliyankulam School	Vengalachedikulam	VAV					1,620	1,620	1,620	1,620
Ariviththodam Sivanantha Vidyalayam, Menik Farm	Vengalachedikulam	VAV	603	603	603	603	603	1,190	1,190	1,190
Cheddikulam Maha Vidyalayam	Vengalachedikulam	VAV	1,930	1,804	1,804	1,804	1,804	1,802	1,802	1,802
Muthaliyankulam Maha Vidyalayam	Vengalachedikulam	VAV					1,522	1,522	1,522	1,522
Gamini Maha Vidyalayam	Vavuniya	VAV	1,787	797	797	797	990	1,246	1,594	1,594
Kanthapuram Maha Vidyalayam (Scandapuram)	Vavuniya	VAV					1,100	1,100	1,100	1,100
Komarasankulam Maha Vidyalayam	Vavuniya	VAV							2,385	2,385
Kovilkulam Hindu College	Vavuniya	VAV	1,437	1,437	1,437	1,437	1,437	1,850	1,850	1,850
Nelukkulam Kalaimahal Maha Vidyalayam	Vavuniya	VAV	3,572	3,572	3,272	3,495	3,495	3,495	3,495	3,495
Nelukkulam Technical College	Vavuniya	VAV	3,290	3,263	3,495	3,272	3,272	1,584	104	118
Omanthai Maha Vidyalayam	Vavuniya	VAV					2,475	4,975
Pampamadhu Hostel School	Vavuniya	VAV	4,178	4,334	4,334	4,334	4,334	4,278	4,576	4,576
Ponthoodam Government Tamil Mixed School	Vavuniya	VAV	1,369	1,282	1,282	1,282	1,282	1,667	1,674	1,660
Poonathoddam College of Education	Vavuniya	VAV	5,521	5,571	5,571	5,571	6,071	6,071	5,989	5,989
Poovarasankulam Maha Vidyalayam	Vavuniya	VAV					1,000	1,000	997	997
Puthukkulam Maha Vidyalayam	Vavuniya	VAV			3,002	3,002	3,128	3,128	3,128	3,128
Rambakulam Ladies College	Vavuniya	VAV							1,000	1,200
Sivapirakasa Ladies College, Vavuniya	Vavuniya	VAV	3,252	2,755	2,755	2,755	2,480	3,672	3,517	3,470
Thandikulam Maha Vidyalayam	Vavuniya	VAV			1,217	1,217	1,514	1,518	1,518	1,518
Vavuniya Muslim Maha Vidyalayam	Vavuniya	VAV	1,554	1,538	1,544	1,544	1,544	1,544	1,528	1,528
Vavuniya Tamil Maha Vidyalayam (Primary)	Vavuniya	VAV	1,377	1,352	1,352	1,352	1,352	1,352	1,352	1,352
Vavuniya Tamil Maha Vidyalayam (Senior)	Vavuniya	VAV	4,095	3,871	3,871	3,871	6,071	5,526	5,085	5,085
Chavakachcheri Hindu College	Thenmarachchi	JAF			736	736	740	740	1,270	1,270
Chavakachcheri Hindu Ladies College	Thenmarachchi	JAF			1,941	1,941	2,255	2,255	1,394	1,394
Kaithady Ayurvedic University Hostel	Thenmarachchi	JAF	1,388	1,388	1,117	1,117	1,109	1,109	1,109	1,109
Kaithady Hindu Children Home	Thenmarachchi	JAF	668	668	238	238	227	227	227	227
Kaithady Palmyra Research Institute 1	Thenmarachchi	JAF	365	365	721	721	715	715	715	715
Kaithady Palmyra Research Institute 2	Thenmarachchi	JAF					621	621	621	621
Kodikamam Government Tamil Mixed School	Thenmarachchi	JAF	997	997	998	998	1,003	1,003	1,002	1,002
Kodikamam Thirunavitkarasu Maha Vidyalayam	Thenmarachchi	JAF			2,070	2,070	2,070	2,070	1,175	1,175
Kopay Teacher Training College	Valikamam East	JAF	435	435	466	466	484	484	484	484
Murusivil Roman Catholic Tamil Mixed School	Thenmarachchi	JAF	1,759	1,759	1,796	1,796	1,770	1,770	1,770	1,770
Nelliyady Central College	Valikamam South West	JAF							1,250	1,250
Thirunagar Old Court House	Jaffna	JAF	129	129	104	104	72	72	72	72
Illupaikkulam	Mannar Town	MAN	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52
Kalimoddai	Nanaddan	MAN	454	454	454	454	454	454	454	454
Mannar District General Hospital	Mannar Town	MAN	279	279	1,007	1,007	1,007	1,141	1,141	1,141
Sirukandal	Nanaddan	MAN	350	350	350	350	350	350	350	350
Arafat Nagar Muslim Maha Vidyalam	Kuchaveli	TRI							1,561	1,561
Kantale Base Hospital	Kantale	TRI	51	39	39	39	39	39	29	29
Pulmoddai Field Hospital	Kuchaveli	TRI								4
Pulmoddai Muslim Maha Vidyalayam	Kuchaveli	TRI							1,742	1,742
Pulmoddai Sinhala Maha Vidyalayam	Kuchaveli	TRI							2,165	2,165
Thampalakamam Peripheral Unit	Thampalakamam	TRI	15	24	24	24	24	24	32	32
Trincomalee General Hospital	Town & Gravets	TRI	252	171	171	171	171	171	131	131
Colombo National Hospital		COL	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59
Kandy Teaching Hospital		KAN	59	59	32	32	32	32	32	32
Maharagama Cancer Hospital		COL	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Padaviya Base Hospital		ANU	206	206	274	274	274	396	396	396
Polonnaruwa General Hospital		POL	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83
Total			63,219	69,099	83,569	83,569	110,286	157,046	171,988	173,108

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Numbers of Sri Lankan internally displaced persons displaced from the Vanni region since October 2008 and detained by the Sri Lankan Military at various camps in northern and eastern Sri Lanka during May 2009:

Numbers of Sri Lankan internally displaced persons displaced from the Vanni region since October 2008 and detained by the Sri Lankan Military at various camps in northern and eastern Sri Lanka during February and March 2009:

Numbers of Sri Lankan internally displaced persons displaced from the Vanni region since October 2008 and detained by the Sri Lankan Military at various camps in northern and eastern Sri Lanka during June and July 2009:

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Numbers of Sri Lankan internally displaced persons displaced from the Vanni region since October 2008 and detained by the Sri Lankan Military at various camps in northern and eastern Sri Lanka during October 2009 to January 2010:

Numbers of Sri Lankan internally displaced persons displaced from the Vanni region since October 2008 and detained by the Sri Lankan Military at various camps in northern Sri Lanka during February 2010 to December 2010:

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References

↑ "LKM0322 As of 08 April, 2009" (PDF). Vanni IDP Information & Safe Area Declared by the Government of Sri Lanka in Mullaitivu. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 8 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ "LKM0325 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 20 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ "LKM0328 As of 22 April, 2009" (PDF). Vanni IDP Information & Safe Area Declared by the Government of Sri Lanka in Mullaitivu. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ "LKM0326 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 22 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ "LKM0330 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 23 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 24 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ "LKM0332 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 26 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ "LKM0340 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 28 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
↑ "LKM0345 As of 29 April, 2009" (PDF). Vanni IDP Camps and Hospitals Information. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 30 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

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[LKM0322-1] "LKM0322 As of 08 April, 2009" (PDF). Vanni IDP Information & Safe Area Declared by the Government of Sri Lanka in Mullaitivu. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 8 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

[LKM0325-2] "LKM0325 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 20 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 20 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

[LKM0328-3] "LKM0328 As of 22 April, 2009" (PDF). Vanni IDP Information & Safe Area Declared by the Government of Sri Lanka in Mullaitivu. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

[LKM0326-4] "LKM0326 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 22 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

[LKM0330-5] "LKM0330 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 23 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 24 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

[LKM0332-6] "LKM0332 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 26 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

[LKM0340-7] "LKM0340 IDP Site Locations and Capacity as of 28 April 2009" (PDF). UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

[LKM0345-8] "LKM0345 As of 29 April, 2009" (PDF). Vanni IDP Camps and Hospitals Information. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 30 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.