Haa Alif Atoll

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Atoll Summary
Administrative name Haa Alifu Atoll
Atoll name Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi
Location 6° 48' N and 7° 07' N
Letter A
Abbreviation HA (ހއ)
Capital Dhiddhoo
Population 19251
No. of Islands 42
Inhabited Islands 16
Atoll Chief Mohamed Rasheed [1]
Inhabited Islands
Baarah Berinmadhoo Dhiddhoo Filladhoo Hathifushi Hoarafushi Ihavandhoo Kelaa Maarandhoo Mulhadhoo Muraidhoo Thakandhoo Thuraakunu Uligamu Utheemu Vashafaru
Uninhabited Islands

Alidhoo, Alidhuffarufinolhu, Beenaafushi, Dhapparu, Dhapparuhuraa, Dhigufaruhuraa, Dhonakulhi, Gaafushi, Gaamathikulhudhoo, Gallandhoo, Govvaafushi, Huraa, Huvahandhoo, Innafinolhu, Kudafinolhu, Maafahi, Maafinolhu, Madulu, Manafaru, Matheerah, Medhafushi, Mulidhoo, Naridhoo, Umaraiffinolhu, Ungulifinolhu, Vagaaru, Velifinolhu


Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited

Northern Thiladhunmathi Atoll, Thiladhummathi North or Haa Alifu Atoll is the northernmost administrative division of the Maldives.

Haa Alifu includes Ihavandhippulhu, the northern-most natural atoll of the Maldives, as well as a section of the larger Thiladummathi or Tiladummati Atoll. It contains 42 islands, 16 of which are inhabited.

As the administrative division known as Haa Alifu it includes Ihavandhippulhu, the northernmost natural atoll of the Maldive archipelago, as well as a section of the larger Thiladummathi or Tiladummati Atoll.

Northern Thiladhummathi Atoll contains 42 islands, 16 of which are inhabited.

[edit] History

In Matheerah there is a famous shrine (ziyaraiy) which was visited formerly by the Maldive kings and their families in order to seek blessings. This island was referred to with the honorific title, Matheerahffulhu.

Traditionally the Northermost atoll of the Maldives was Minicoy (Maliku). Fishermen from Thuraakunu and from Minicoy often crossed the Maliku Kandu on their boats to visit each other's islands. Marriage alliances were common.

Now Minicoy is a part of India and communication is highly restricted.

[edit] References

  • Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé 1990.
  • Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
  • Romero-Frias, Xavier. The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.


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