North Maalhosmadulu Atoll

North Maalhosmadulu Atoll
NASA satellite image of North Maalhosmadulu Atoll
Waters	Lakkadive Sea (Indian Ocean)
archipelago	Maldives
Geographical location	5 ° 36 ′  N , 72 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 36 ′  N , 72 ° 56 ′  E
Number of islands	86
Main island	Ungoofaaru
length	65 km
width	28 km
Land area
Residents	17,000 (2006)
Map of the Raa district

The North Maalhosmadulu Atoll is located in the western island chain of the Maldives in the Lakkadive Sea .

geography

The atoll is 65 kilometers long and up to 28 kilometers wide and is separated from the Alifushi Atoll by an approximately five kilometers wide channel in the north and the Fasdhūtherē Atoll by the four kilometers wide Moresby Channel in the south .

Of the total of 86 islands in the atoll, 13 further islands are inhabited in addition to the main island Ungoofaaru . The atoll airfield is located on the island of Ifuru .

Island table

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The following list shows all the inhabited islands (as well as the uninhabited airport island Ifuru) of the North Maalhosmadulu Atoll.

Island name	Alias	Coordinates	surface	Residents 2014	annotation
Vaadhoo		05 ° 51 '  N , 072 ° 59'  E	...	375
Rasgetheemu		05 ° 48 '  N , 073 ° 00'  E	...	487
Angolhitheemu		05 ° 48 '  N , 073 ° 00'  E	...	373
Hulhudhuffaaru		05 ° 46 ′  N , 073 ° 01 ′  E	...	1.103
Ifuru		05 ° 42 ′  N , 073 ° 01 ′  E	...	-	Airfield
Ungoofaaru		05 ° 40 ′  N , 073 ° 02 ′  E	...	1,388	Main island
Dhuvaafaru		05 ° 38 '  N , 073 ° 03'  E	...	2,924
Maakurathu		05 ° 36 '  N , 073 ° 03'  E	...	769
Rasmaadhoo		05 ° 34 '  N , 073 ° 03'  E	...	496
Innamaadhoo		05 ° 33 '  N , 073 ° 03'  E	...	504
Maduvvaree	Maduvvari	05 ° 29 '  N , 072 ° 54'  E	...	1,398
Inguraidhoo		05 ° 29 ′  N , 073 ° 02 ′  E	...	1,134
Fainu		05 ° 28 '  N , 073 ° 02'  E	...	304
Meedhoo		05 ° 27 '  N , 072 ° 57'  E	...	1,669
Kinolhas		05 ° 27 '  N , 073 ° 02'  E	...	432

population

In 2014 the atoll had about 13,350 inhabitants according to the above list, in 2006 there were still 17,000 inhabitants.

administration

The North Maalhosmadulu Atoll, together with the adjacent Alifushi Atoll to the north, forms the Maldivian administrative atoll Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi with the Thaana short name ރ( Raa ).

Web links

• Maldives: Baa and Raa Atoll

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://statisticsmaldives.gov.mv/yearbook/2017/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/08/3.3.pdf National Bureau of Statistics, Population and Households Census 2014
2. ↑ Department of National Planning: Statistical YearBook 2011: Table 3.3: POPULATION BY ISLANDS CENSUS 2000, 2006 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )