Anantnag

Anantnag اننت ناگ
City
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Coordinates: 33°44′N 75°09′E / 33.73°N 75.15°E / 33.73; 75.15Coordinates: 33°44′N 75°09′E / 33.73°N 75.15°E / 33.73; 75.15
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Settled	5000 BCE
Area
• Total	2,917 km2 (1,126 sq mi)
Elevation	1,601 m (5,253 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	108,505
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Urdu
• Regional	Kashmiri
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	192101
Telephone code	01932
Vehicle registration	JK 03
Sex ratio	1000 ♂/927♀
Literacy	62.69%
Website	anantnag.nic.in

Anantnag /ə'nʌntna:g/ or /-nɑːg/  listen ; Kashmiri: anantnāg; lit. "Countless springs") is a city and a municipality, capital of the Anantnag district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a large business and trading centre of Kashmir Valley.

The name Anantnag is derived from the Sanskrit term Ananta, meaning "infinite", and Nag means "snake". Anantanag is another name of Shesha Nag, which is the Divine Serpent of Mahavishnu.Nag also means "water spring" in the Kashmiri language. Thus, Anantnag is believed to mean "numerous springs" because there are many springs in the town, such as Nag Bal, Salak Nag and Malik Nag. According to Marc Aurel Stein, the name of the city comes from the great spring Ananta Nag issuing at the centre of the city. This is also corroborated by almost all local historians, including Kalhana, according to whom the city has taken the name of this great spring of Cesha Nag or Ananta Nag.