Alif Alif Atoll
Alif Alif Atoll (also known as Northern Ari Atoll or Ari Atholhu Uthuruburi) is an administrative division of the Maldives. It was created on March 1, 1984, combining northern section of Ari Atoll, the small Rasdhukuramathi Atoll, and the isolated island of Thoddoo. Many of the islands in this atoll have been inhabited since ancient times and have archaeological remains from the Maldivian Buddhist period.
Alifu Alifu Atoll | |
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Location in Maldives | |
| Country | Maldives |
| Corresponding geographic atoll(s) | Ari Atoll Uthuruburi |
| Location | 4° N and 72.8° E |
| Capital | Rasdhoo |
| Government | |
| • Atoll Chief | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,905 |
| Letter code | U |
| Dhivehi letter code | AA (އއ) |
| • Number of islands | 33 |
| • Inhabited islands | Bodufolhudhoo Feridhoo Himandhoo Maalhos Mathiveri Rasdhoo Thoddoo Ukulhas |
| • Uninhabited islands | Alikoirah, Bathalaa*, Beyrumadivaru, Dhin-nolhufinolhu, Ellaidhoo*, Etheramadivaru, Fesdhoo*, Fusfinolhu, Fushi, Gaagandu, Gaathufushi*, Gangehi*, Halaveli*, Kandholhudhoo*, Kudafolhudhoo*, Kuramathi*, Maagaa, Maayyafushi*, Madivarufinolhu, Madoogali, Mathivereefinolhu, Meerufenfushi, Mushimasgali, Rasdhoo madivaru, Velidhoo*, Veligandu*, Vihamaafaru |
| Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited. | |
The separation of Ari Atoll (formerly Alifu Atoll) into a Northern and a Southern section has formed the two most recent administrative divisions of the Maldives, namely Alifu Alifu Atoll and Alifu Dhaalu Atoll.
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