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IDP and Returnees Population Updated As of 20Th August, 2007 District: Batticaloa IDP and Returnees Population updated as of 20th August, 2007 District: Batticaloa TRINCOMALEETRINCOMALEE IDP Trend - Batticaloa District Verugal ! Returnees Trend - Batticaloa / Trincomalee Districts 180,000 Kathiravely ! 159,355 160,000 140,000 120,000 97,405 104,442 ! 100,000 Kaddumurivu ! Vaharai 72,986 80,000 81,312 IDPs/Returnees 60,272 68,971 ! Pannichankerny 60,000 52,685 40,000 51,901 Koralai Pattu North A 1 38,121 42,595 5 20,000 15,524 ! 1,140 Kirimichchai 0 ! Koralai Pattu Marnkerny April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June July August West 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 POLONNARUWAPOLONNARUWA Months IDP Trend Returnees' Trend A11 Koralai Pattu Central As of 20th August 2007 Vahaneri ! ! IDP Movements after 7th April 2006 Odamavadi Valachchenai ! Koralai Pattu Total Number of Displaced Persons: 42,595 Total Number of Displaced Families: 11,528 Koralai Pattu South As of 20th August 2007 ! ! Eravur Pattu Kudumbimalai Kiran Returnees Movements after 9th March 2007 Vadamunai ! Eravur Number of Returnees to Trincomalee District: 13,589 Tharavai ! Town (within this population an estimated 4,761 people are in transit camps) ! Chenkalady ! Eravur Manmunai Number of Returnees within the Batticaloa District: 90,853 ! A1 North 5 Irralakulam Eravur Pattu A5 Batticaloa ! Pankudavely Kattankudy ! ! Karadiyanaru Vavunathivu ! Kattankudy ! Aythiyamalai ! Arayampathy ® Manmunai West ! Manmunai Pattu Kilometers ! Kokkadicholai Unnichai 020 Pullumalai ! ! Paddipalai Manmunai South and Eruvil Pattu Manmunai ! A27 South West ! Kaluwanchikudy Vellavely A4 ! ! Porativu Pattu Indian Ocean AMPARAAMPARA Area Detail Data Sources: Map Number: UNOCHA / LK / Batticaloa / IDP-Returnee/ 01 / V4 Legend IDP numbers as of 20 August 2007: Government Agent, Batticaloa Returnees Information: This map is designed for printing on A4 size ! Trincomalee as of 20 August 2007: Government Agent, Batticaloa Towns Transit camp population as of 20 August 2007: UNHCR, Trincomalee Batticaloa as of 20 August 2007: Government Agent, Batticaloa Main Road The boundaries, names and the designations Updated as at: 20-08-2007 used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United IDP Presence Produced on: 22-08-2007 Nations. Projection / Datum Transverse Mercator No IDP Presence Kandawala as at 20/08/2007 GLIDE number TS 2004-0001470LKA Admin boundaries Survey Department, Area of Return provided by: Gvt. of Sri Lanka © 2006 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Sri Lanka Produced through the generous support of: DS Boundary No: 22, Baily Cross Road, Batticaloa Tel: +94 (65) 2227458, Fax: +94 (65) 2227457, Email: [email protected] District Boundry Website: www.humanitarianinfo.org/srilanka.
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