Haa Dhaalu Atoll

Haa Dhaalu Atoll
atoll of the Maldives
Country	Maldives
Corresponding geographic atoll(s)	Thiladhunmathi Dekunuburi
Location	6° 48' N and 6° 30' N
Capital	Kulhudhuffushi
Government
• Atoll Chief	-
Population
• Total	18,515
Letter code	B
Dhivehi letter code	HDh (ހދ)
• Number of islands	38
• Inhabited islands	Finey Hanimaadhoo Hirimaradhoo Kulhudhuffushi Kumundhoo Kunburudhoo Kurinbi Makunudhoo Naivaadhoo Nellaidhoo Neykurendhoo Nolhivaram Nolhivaranfaru Vaikaradhoo
• Uninhabited islands	Bodunaagoashi Dafaru Fasgandu Dhorukanduhuraa Faridhoo Maavaidhoo Fenboahuraa Hirinaidhoo Hondaafushi Hondaidhoo Innafushi Kamana Kattalafushi Kaylakunu Kudamuraidhoo Kudanaagoashi Muiri Rasfushi Ruffushi Vaikaramuraidhoo Veligandu theefaridhoo
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 Thiladhunmathi Atoll (which is shared with North Thiladhunmathi (Haa Alifu) Atoll) and Makunudhoo or Maamakunudhoo Atoll (Malcolm Atoll in the Admiralty Charts) with its large reef.

The capital of the administrative division is Kulhudhuffushi. There is a uninhabited island called Keylakunu. Which have the only true forest in the Maldives

Islands

Dhipparufushi Faridhoo Fenboahuraa Hirinaidhoo Hondaafushi Hondaidhoo Innafushi Kanamana Kattalafushi Keylakunu Kunburudhoo Kudafaru Kudamuraidhoo Maavaidhoo Muiri Naagoashi Rahburi Ruffushi Theefaridhoo Vaikaramuraidhoo Veligandu Finey Hanimaadhoo Hirimaradhoo Kulhudhuffushi Kumundhoo Kurinbi Makunudhoo Naivaadhoo Nellaidhoo Neykurendhoo Nolhivaram Nolhivaranfaru Vaikaradhoo

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 Nolhivaranfaru before it was moved to Kulhudhuffushi on May 6, 1992.

Transport

South Thiladhunmathi is linked by air with the Maldivian capital of Malé as there are two airports in the atoll. one in Hanimaadhoo, (which is an international airport) and a domestic airport in 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.