Alif Alif Atoll
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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
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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).