Northern Nilandhe Atoll

Northern Nilandhe Atoll

Faafu Atoll Faafu Atoll

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 uninhabited

Northern 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.


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