Haa Dhaalu Atoll | |
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 Location of Haa Dhaalu in Maldives | |
| Country | Maldives |
| Corresponding geographic atoll(s) | Thiladhunmathi Dekunuburi |
| Location | 6° 48' N and 6° 30' N |
| Capital | Kulhudhuffushi |
| Government | |
| • Atoll Chief | - |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,845[1] |
| Letter code | B |
| Dhivehi letter code | HDh (ހދ) |
| • Number of islands | 38 |
| • Inhabited islands | |
| • Uninhabited islands |
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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 theMaldivian alphabet commonly used to refer to theadministrative division (known as"Atoll") officially known asSouth Thiladhunmathi Atoll (Maldivian:Thiladhunmathi Dhekunuburi) in theMaldives.
The administrative division consists of the southern section of naturalThiladhunmathi Atoll (which is shared withNorth Thiladhunmathi (Haa Alifu) Atoll) andMakunudhoo or Maamakunudhoo Atoll (Malcolm Atoll in theAdmiralty Charts) with its large reef.
The capital of the administrative division isKulhudhuffushi.
  Dhipparufushi Faridhoo Fenboahuraa Hirinaidhoo Hondaafushi Hondaidhoo Innafushi Kanamana Kattalafushi Keylakunu Kunburudhoo Kudafaru Kudamuraidhoo Maavaidhoo Muiri Naagoashi Rahburi Ruffushi Theefaridhoo Vaikaramuraidhoo Veligandu |
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 wasNolhivaranfaru before it was moved toKulhudhuffushi on May 6, 1992.
South Thiladhunmathi is linked by air with the Maldivian capital ofMalé as there are two airports in the atoll. one inHanimaadhoo, (which is an international airport) and a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi. As well as dhoani's are used for transportation of cargo and people betweenMalé.
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