Vaavu Atoll
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Vaavu Atoll |
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| Atoll Summary | |
| Administrative name | Vaavu Atoll |
| Atoll name | Felidhu Atoll |
| Location | 3° 41' N and 3° 13' N |
| Letter | J |
| Abbreviation | V (ވ) |
| Capital | Felidhoo |
| Population | 2144 |
| No. of Islands | 19 |
| Inhabited Islands | 5 |
| Atoll Chief | Ali Rasheed Abdul Rahman [1] |
| Inhabited Islands | |
| Felidhoo Fulidhoo Keyodhoo Rakeedhoo Thinadhoo | |
| Uninhabited Islands | |
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Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited |
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Felidhu Atoll, Vaavu is an administrative division of the Maldives.
It includes two natural atolls; the main Felidhu Atoll and the smaller circular Vattaru, which has only one little islet and is 9 kilometers in diameter.
NOTE: Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani, Noonu, Raa, Baa, etc. (as well as Vaavu) 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).
[edit] External links
- http://www.vaavuatoll.gov.mv Official Vaavu Atoll website'
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