Alif Dhaal Atoll
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Atoll Summary | |
Administrative name | Alifu Dhaalu Atoll |
Atoll name | Ari Atoll Dhekunuburi |
Location | 3° 55' N and 3° 28' N |
Letter | I |
Abbreviation | ADh (އދ) |
Capital | Mahibadhoo |
Population | 8679 |
No. of Islands | 49 |
Inhabited Islands | 10 |
Atoll Chief | Mohamed Mahir [1] |
Inhabited Islands | |
Dhangethi Dhiddhoo Dhigurah Fenfushi Haggnaameedhoo Kunburudhoo Maamingili Mahibadhoo Mandhoo Omadhoo | |
Uninhabited Islands | |
Alikoirah Angaagaa Ariadhoo Athurugau Bodufinolhu Bodukaashihuraa Bulhaaholhi Dhehasanulunboihuraa Dhiddhoofinolhu Dhiffushi Dhiggaru Enboodhoo Finolhu Gasfinolhu Heenfaru Hiyafushi Hukurudhoo Hurasdhoo Huruelhi Huvahendhoo Innafushi Kalhuhandhihuraa Kudadhoo Kudarah Maafushivaru Machchafushi Medhufinolhu Mirihi Moofushi Nalaguraidhoo Rahddhiggaa Rangali Rangalifinolhu Rashukolhuhuraa Theluveligaa Tholhifushi Thundufushi Vakarufalhi Vilamendhoo Villingili Villinglivaru
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Southern Ari Atoll or Alifu Dhaalu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives.
NOTE: Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, etc., as well as Alifu Dhaalu, 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).