Hithadhoo (Seenu Atoll)
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Hithadhoo |
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| Belongs to | Seenu Atoll |
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| Population | 13769 |
| Length | 9500m |
| Width | 2350m |
| Distance from Malé | 531.61km |
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- Hithadhoo should not be confused with Hithaadhoo
- For other islands see Hithadhoo
Hithadhoo (Dhivehi: ހިތަދޫ) is the capital of Seenu Atoll, the most southerly atoll of the Maldives.
The south up to the principal place is closely existed with palms and shrubs, while the entire northern region shows up as partially stony, unreal shrub landscape, which can be explored only on very close paths. Hithadhoo Town shows up as a place with dusty roads, close lanes, bent houses and close, green vegetation. On the roads multicoloured driving prevails, particularly if hundreds of children wait after school conclusion in their different school uniforms for the bus.
After driving straight through Feydhoo and Maradhoo, two small islands communities and several uninhabited islands on the newly paved Link Road (Macadam highway) from Gan, you come to the island capital of the atoll.
Homes in Hithadhoo are built around Ghaazee Magu, the long central avenue. The best places to go for a dip in the sea is Kotte Beach in Hithadhoo at the northern shore of the island where there is a break in the reef and Hankede next to Maradhoo .
Near Kottey are the ruins of a sultan's fort More than 13,590 inhabitants counting Hithadhoo one should explore in any case more near. Because as the largest isle it does not only accommodate the atoll administration, but is with its historical Relate also the most varied island in the Addu atoll.
At the northwest local end is the point of land of Fen Muli with a stony beach. Behind it extend directly some pittoreske brackish water lakes with a bird world, unique umsaeumte by close green, for the Maldives, which into the northeast of the island until Koattey continue. Here, from the jungle over-rampantly grown, still the foundation walls of an old, small Forts, nearby the new beacon, are which already 1922 the British archaeologist H.C.P. because in inspection took.
The origins of the Forts are not surely well-known. A legend means that it was the base of Maldivian rebels under the guidance of Bodu Thakurufaanu, which drove 1557 out the Portuguese from the country.
But according to modern estimate it is more probable that this tiny was established away by „Lord the Maldives the "Kunhali Marakkar from Malabar, which operated intensive business in the south of the Archipeis at present the Portuguese rule. Kunhali possessed 200 ships with which it in the Indian Ocean acted, in addition, lossegelte to the Pluendern.
The away with its good anchor possibilities in the following protected bay was for it and its ships a safe refuge and basis. This solitaire situation also the British, who established one of numerous coastal batteries here, used of which concrete remainders in the water to be however only seen, are.
About four kilometres of far south of Fen Muli on the west side of Hithadhoo, are to lie still the ruins of a further old fortress, which completely disappeared however from the map and from the heads of the Insulaner and for whose origin such as meaning completely in the dark are appropriate.
In the principal place is close of the mosque Thakurufaanu Miskiiy the grave of Sultan Hassan X (1701), which 1765 after 60 years in the exile died, as direct beside it, the gravestone of Sultan ah, which died 1700. The small cemetery with the mosque fascinated with its numerous, weathering gravestones from grey Korallengestein and artful arranged Arab inscriptions.
Also the eastern side of the island with view of the expanded lagoon of the Addu Atolls is worth a short stop. Because at the many landing places of the fishing boats the visitor can throw a view of driving to that Thunafi. Whole cargos are angelandet here, divided locally and sold to the final consumer. Informative it is also to hold with the large Dhoni werft from Hithadhoo to in order to win a view of the techniques of the traditional Maldivian building of ships.
