Analaitivu

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| population = 1,781

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Analaitivu ({{langx|ta|அனலைதீவு|translit=Aṉalaitīvu}}; {{langx|si|අන්නලදූව}} Annaladūva) is an island off the coast of Jaffna peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, located approximately {{convert|25|km|0}} west of the city of Jaffna. Known as Rotterdam during Dutch colonial rule, the island has an area of {{convert|4.82|km2|2}}.{{cite web|title=Table 05 (Geo., Topography) Islands in Sri Lanka|url=http://www.jpp.co.jp/lanka/geo/geote/geo05e.htm|website=Sri Lanka Statistics|publisher=Kusaka Research Institute|date=2004|access-date=2017-03-05|archive-date=2012-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301060315/http://www.jpp.co.jp/lanka/geo/geote/geo05e.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Attygalle|first1=Randima|title=Restoring the Jaffna Fort|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=116279|work=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=21 December 2014}} The island is divided into two Village Officer Divisions (Analaitivu North and Analaitivu South) whose combined population was 1,781 at the 2012 census.{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/FinalReport_GN/population/P2.pdf|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|page=146|access-date=2017-03-05|archive-date=2019-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604182112/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/FinalReport_GN/population/P2.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Analaitivu is divided into seven wards, each corresponding to a major settlement. There are a number of Hindu temples and a few churches on the island. It has no causeway connecting it to the mainland or other islands but is served by a ferry service from Kayts on the neighbouring island of Velanaitivu.{{cite news|last1=Fernando|first1=Srimal|title=Sights and sounds of Jaffna|url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2005/10/03/fea03.htm|work=Daily News (Sri Lanka)|date=3 October 2005}}{{cite news|last1=Sivendran|first1=S.|title=Kayts, a different world|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/000102/splus2.html#2LABEL1|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=2 January 2000}}

File:Kayts_to_Analaitivu_Ferry_point.jpg