Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Haa Dhaalu Atoll | |
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Nolhivaranfaru | |
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| Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited. | |
Haa Dhaalu Atoll is the code name based on the letters of the
Maldivian alphabet commonly used to refer to the administrative division (known as "Atoll") officially known as South Thiladhunmathi Atoll (Maldivian: Thiladhunmathi Dhekunuburi) in the Maldives
.
The administrative division consists of the southern section of natural
Admiralty Charts
) with its large reef.
The capital of the administrative division is
Kulhudhuffushi
.
Islands
Nolhivaranfaru |
History
Thiladhunmathi Atoll was divided into northern and southern divisions on 21 May 1958, thus creating the South Thiladhunmathi Atoll administrative division. The northern part of the atoll became North Thiladhunmati Atoll.
The capital of South Thiladhunmathi Atoll was
Kulhudhuffushi
on May 6, 1992.
Transport
South Thiladhunmathi is linked by air with the Maldivian capital of
Kulhudhuffushi. As well as dhoani's are used for transportation of cargo and people between Malé
.
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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