Alif Alif Atoll

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Alifu Alifu Atoll Alifu Alifu Atoll

Atoll Summary
Administrative name Alifu Alifu Atoll
Atoll name Ari Atoll
Location 4° 27' N and 3° 55' N
Letter U
Abbreviation AA (އއ)
Capital Rasdhoo
Population 6140
No. of Islands 33
Inhabited Islands 8
Atoll Chief Abdullah Khaleel[1]
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

Alifu Alifu Atoll corresponds to Northern Ari Atoll and is an administrative division of the Maldives. It is formed by the northern section of Ari Atoll, the small natural atoll of Rasdhoo or Rasdu Atoll, and the island of Thoddoo or Toddu


NOTE: Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, etc., as well as Alifu Alifu, are code letters assigned to the present administrative divisions of the Maldives. They are not the proper names of these divisions or atolls. The order followed by the code letters is from North to South, beginning with the first letters of the Dhivehi alphabet. These code letters are not accurate from the geographical and cultural point of view. However, they have become popular among tourists and foreigners in the Maldives who find them easier to pronounce than the true atoll names in Dhivehi, (save a few exceptions, like Ari Atoll).



Atolls of the Maldives
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Haa Alif Atoll   Haa Dhaalu Atoll   Shaviyani Atoll   Noonu Atoll   Raa Atoll   Baa Atoll   Lhaviyani Atoll   Kaafu Atoll   Alif Alif Atoll   Alif Dhaal Atoll   Vaavu Atoll   Meemu Atoll   Faafu Atoll   Dhaalu Atoll   Thaa Atoll   Laamu Atoll   Gaafu Alif Atoll   Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll   Gnaviyani Atoll   Seenu Atoll