- Northern Nilandhe Atoll
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Atoll Summary Administrative name Faafu Atoll Atoll name Nilandhe Atoll Uthuruburi Location 3° 20' N and 3° 03' N Letter L Abbreviation F (ފ) Capital Nilandhoo Population 4641 No. of Islands 23 Inhabited Islands 5 Atoll Chief Abdulla Jameel [1] Inhabited Islands Bileddhoo Dharanboodhoo Feeali Filitheyo Magoodhoo Nilandhoo Uninhabited Islands Badidhiffusheefinolhu Dhiguvarufinolhu Enbulufushi Faanuvaahuraa Himithi Jinnathugau Kandoomoonufushi Maafushi Maavaruhuraa Madivaruhuraa Makunueri Minimasgali Villingilivarufinolhu Voshimasfalhuhuraa
Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabitedNorthern Nilandhe Atoll, Nilande Atoll North or Faafu is an administrative division of the Maldives.
It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name.
Certain islands of this atoll used to be inhabited, like Himithi. The islanders were resettled in other islands so that Friday prayers could be held.
References
- Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé 1990.
- Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
- Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.
Administrative Divisions of the Maldives Capital: Malé Mathi-Uthuru (Upper North) Uthuru (North) Medhu-Uthuru (North Central) Medhu (Central) Mathi-Dhekunu (Upper South) Medhu-Dhekunu (South Central) Dhekunu (South) Gnaviyani · AdduCategories:- Atolls of the Maldives
- Atolls of the Indian Ocean
- Maldives geography stubs
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