Northern Thiladhunmathi Atoll

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Haa Alifu Atoll Image:Northern Thiladhummathi Atoll.png
Atoll Summary
Administrative name	Haa Alifu Atoll
Atoll name	Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi
Location	6° 48' N and 7° 07' N
Letter	A
Abbreviation	HA (ހއ)
Capital	Dhiddhoo
Population	19251
No. of Islands	42
Inhabited Islands	16
Atoll Chief	Mohamed Rasheed [1]
Inhabited Islands
Baarah Berinmadhoo Dhiddhoo Filladhoo Hathifushi Hoarafushi Ihavandhoo Kelaa Maarandhoo Mulhadhoo Muraidhoo Thakandhoo Thuraakunu Uligamu Utheemu Vashafaru
Uninhabited Islands
Alidhoo, Alidhuffarufinolhu, Beenaafushi, Dhapparu, Dhapparuhuraa, Dhigufaruhuraa, Dhonakulhi, Gaafushi, Gaamathikulhudhoo, Gallandhoo, Govvaafushi, Huraa, Huvahandhoo, Innafinolhu, Kudafinolhu, Maafahi, Maafinolhu, Madulu, Manafaru, Matheerah, Medhafushi, Mulidhoo, Naridhoo, Umaraiffinolhu, Ungulifinolhu, Vagaaru, Velifinolhu Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited

Northern Thiladhummathi Atoll (code name Haa Alifu), is an administrative division of the Maldives. It includes Ihavandhippulhu, the northern-most natural atoll of the Maldives, as well as a section of the larger Thiladummathi or Tiladummati Atoll.

It contains 42 islands, 16 of which are inhabited.

In Matheerah there is a famous shrine (ziyaraiy) which was visited formerly by the Maldive kings and their families.

Traditionally the Northermost atoll of the Maldives was Minicoy (Maliku). Fishermen from Thuraakunu and from Minicoy often visited each other's islands. But now this Atoll is a part of India.

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