Raa Atoll
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Atoll Summary | |
Administrative name | Raa Atoll |
Atoll name | Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi |
Location | 5° 58' N and 5° 20' N |
Letter | E |
Abbreviation | R (ރ) |
Capital | Ungoofaaru |
Population | 19003 |
No. of Islands | 88 |
Inhabited Islands | 15 |
Atoll Chief | Saud Abdulla [1] |
Inhabited Islands | |
Alifushi Angolhitheemu Fainu Hulhudhuffaaru Inguraidhoo Innamaadhoo Kandholhudhoo Kinolhas Maakurathu Maduvvaree Meedhoo Rasgetheemu Rasmaadhoo Ungoofaaru Vaadhoo | |
Uninhabited Islands | |
Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited |
Northern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll (code name Raa Atoll) is an administrative division of the Maldives. The capital is Ungoofaaru.
NOTE: Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, etc. 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 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).