Kaafu Atoll

Kaafu Atoll
Country Maldives
Corresponding geographic atoll(s) Malé Atoll
Location 4°25′N 73°30′E / 4.417°N 73.500°E / 4.417; 73.500Coordinates: 4°25′N 73°30′E / 4.417°N 73.500°E / 4.417; 73.500
Capital Thulusdhoo
Government
  Atoll chief Mohamed Adam[1]
Population
  Total 12,166
Letter code H
Dhivehi letter code K (ކ)
• Number of islands 107
• Inhabited islands Dhiffushi * Gaafaru * Gulhi * Guraidhoo * Himmafushi * Huraa * Kaashidhoo * Maafushi * Thilafushi * Thulusdhoo
• Uninhabited islands Aarah, Akirifushi, Asdhoo, Baros, Bandos, Biyaadhoo, Bodubandos, Bodufinolhu, Boduhithi, Boduhuraa, Bolifushi, Dhigufinolhu, Dhoonidhoo, Ehrruh-haa, Enboodhoo, Enboodhoofinolhu, Eriyadhoo, Farukolhufushi, Feydhoofinolhu, Fihalhohi, Funadhoo, Furan-nafushi, Gasfinolhu, Giraavaru, Girifushi, Gulheegaathuhuraa, Helengeli, Henbadhoo, Huraagandu, Ihuru, Kagi, Kalhuhuraa, Kandoomaafushi, Kanduoih-giri, Kanifinolhu, KKanuhuraa, Kudabandos, Kudafinolhu, Kudahithi, Kudahuraa, Lankanfinolhu, Lankanfushi, Lhohifushi, Lhosfushi, Maadhoo, Madivaru, Mahaanaélhihuraa, Makunudhoo, Makunufushi, Maniyafushi, Medhufinolhu, Meerufenfushi, Nakachchaafushi, Olhahali, Olhuveli, Oligandufinolhu, Ran-naalhi, Rasfari, Thanburudhoo, Thulhaagiri, Vaadhoo, Vaagali, Vabbinfaru, Vabboahuraa, Vammaafushi, Velassaru, Velifaru, Veliganduhuraa, Vihamanaafushi, Villingilimathidhahuraa, Villingilivau, Ziyaaraiffushi
Resort islands, airports and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited.

Kaafu Atoll (also known as Malé Atholhu) is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists of Kaashidhoo Island, Gaafaru, and Malé Atoll (which includes the North Malé Atoll and the South Malé Atoll). It also has a number of uninhabited islands. Its capital is Thulusdhoo.

Malé, capital of the Maldives is naturally located within the North Malé Atoll, but it is not part of the Kaafu administrative division.

NOTE: Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, Kaafu, etc. are code letters assigned to the present administrative divisions of the Maldives. They are not the proper names of the natural atolls that make up these divisions. Some atolls are divided into two administrative divisions while other divisions are made up of two or more natural atolls. The order followed by the code letters is from North to South, beginning with the first letters of the Thaana alphabet used in Dhivehi. These code letters are not accurate from the geographical and cultural point of view. However, they have become popular among tourists and foreigners in the Maldives who find them easier to pronounce than the true atoll names in Dhivehi, (save a few exceptions, like Ari Atoll).[2]

Uninhabited islands

Although uninhabited, some islands of the atoll have commercial uses. These include

Lankanfushi
Island of Lankanfushi from Lankanfinolhu- two of the tourist resorts 
Malé
Malé, the capital of the Maldives, as viewed from Vilingilli island 
Lohi's Break
Surfing at Lohi's Break, off Lhohifushi island 
Beach on Biyaadhoo Island, 2014. 
Kanifinolhu Islet 

References

  1. "Head of Atolls (Atoll Chiefs)". Ministry of Atolls Development. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  2. Tim Godfrey, Atlas of the Maldives, Atoll Editions 2004
  3. "Baros Maldives". Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  4. "Bodu Hithi s". Coco Palms Resort. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
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  10. "Kurumba Maldives since October 1972.".
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